GRAPHENE EMBEDDED BITUMINOUS ROADS: A NEW LOOK INTO THE DESIGN OF COMPLEX NANOCOMPOSITES
Paper i proceeding, 2019

The chemistry of bitumen and the percentage of asphaltene can vary significantly depending on external and internal factors such as the source and method of bitumen extraction. This makes graphene embedded bitumen a complex ternary phase system. Within the framework of this paper, we focus on the phase stability and particle interaction between graphene and asphaltene in order to optimize the process of tailoring the microstructure of graphene embedded bitumen to improve the gas barrier and mechanical properties. We use characterization techniques such as rotational-rheometer, DSC, chemical titration and road engineering standards such as RTFOT and penetration-grade to study the critical-clustering-concentration, phase behavior and the impact of embedding graphene to manufacturing process of asphalt. Phase separation and agglomeration of dissimilar nanoparticles was observed when graphene embedded bitumen (1 % vol) was subjected to RTFOT, increasing the change in viscosity by around 13 % when compared to 10 % in std. bitumen. Hence this paper aspires to provide a brief look into tailoring of nanocomposites with dissimilar nanoparticles and embedding nanoparticles such as graphene into complex matrices.

bitumen

Graphene

material design

material characterization

dissimilar nanoparticles

Författare

Govindan Induchoodan

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Byggnadsteknologi

Bijan Adl-Zarrabi

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Byggnadsteknologi

Jan Swenson

Nano- och biofysik

Luping Tang

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Byggnadsteknologi

NANOCON 2018 - Conference Proceedings, 10th Anniversary International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research and Application

107-112
978-80-87294-89-5 (ISBN)

10th Anniversary International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research and Application (NANOCON)
Brno, Czech Republic,

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Fysikalisk kemi

Materialkemi

Nanoteknik

ISBN

9788087294895

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