SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE FOR FLEXIBLE FILMS PRODUCTIN OF POLY (METHYL METHACRYLATE) WITH REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE (PMMA/RGO)
reduced graphene oxide. synthesis. Hummers method. PMMA/rGO.
Graphene, discovered in the 90s, became one of the main objects of study in present time and thousands of researches on this material are developed in institutions around the world. This work was developed with the purpose of discovering high efficiency and clean synthesis routes for graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) production. Studies were based in methods already known by scientific community, such as Hummer’s Method and thermal reduction of GO. Preliminary results from DRX, FTIR and FRX analysis show that both GO and rGO were obtained successfully. In the next stages of the work the synthesised materials will be incorporated in poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) for flexible films production that can be applied in electronic sensors.