title: High content reduced graphene oxide reinforced copper with a bioinspired nano-laminated structure and large recoverable deformation ability.
abstract: By using CuO/graphene-oxide/CuO sandwich-like nanosheets as the building blocks, bulk nacre-inspired copper matrix nano-laminated composite reinforced by molecular-level dispersed and ordered reduced graphene oxide (rGO) with content as high as ∼45 vol% was fabricated via a combined process of assembly, reduction and consolidation. Thanks to nanoconfinement effect, reinforcing effect, as well as architecture effect, the nanocomposite shows increased specific strength and at least one order of magnitude greater recoverable deformation ability as compared with monolithic Cu matrix.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
authors.forename: Ding-Bang
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
authors.forename: Mu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
authors.forename: Zhanqiu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
authors.forename: Genlian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
authors.forename: Zhiqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang