About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Printed Electronics and Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices—From Processing Concepts to Applications
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| Presentation Title |
Role of Thermal Processing Strategies on the Inter-flake Properties of Graphene-Cellulose Networks |
| Author(s) |
Harrison Loh, Konstantinos A. Sierros |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Harrison Loh |
| Abstract Scope |
The addition of binders such as cellulose is often required during ink design with exfoliated 2D nanoflakes to optimize printing rheology for applications such as flexible electronics. Despite this, cellulose acts as an electrical insulator that significantly disrupts inter-flake electrical transport. This necessitates removal often by extended thermal burnout. Previous reports have shown beneficial conductivity gains at temperatures short of burnout which have been attributed to the formation of conductive residue between the constituent flakes. In this talk, ethyl-cellulose and exfoliated graphene flakes are used as a model system for characterizing the role of heating environment on the temperature induced evolution of cellulose-embedded flake networks. This is quantified with respect to sample chemistry, morphology, and electrical transport. While complete thermal burnout is often employed for binder removal, this work aims at identifying less energy intensive processing conditions which may be suitable for more delicate substrates or exfoliated materials. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Electronic Materials, Thin Films and Interfaces, Composites |