...Bashar Dheyaa Hussein Al-Kasob; Manar Hamid Jasim Purpose Due to the important and extensive use of graphene in the engineering structures, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the low-velocity impact (LVI) response of a graphene-reinforced plate with a rectangular central hole. Design...

...Xiao Wang; Xuan Liang; Bo Wang; Chang-qing Guo; Shan-gui Zhang; Kai Yang; Shi-ya Shao; Yan Sun; Zheng Guo; Xue-yan Yu; Donghai Zhang; Tai-jiang Gui; Wei Lu; Ming-liang Sun; Rui Ding Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of graphene, basalt flakes and their synergy...

...Xinchao Zhang; Huanxia Zhang; Danni Pan; Wen Wu; Hui Ma; Jianda Cao; Jia Xu Purpose This paper aims to determine whether application of graphene layers to cuprammonium filaments affords the latter with excellent mechanical properties and improves their electrical properties. At the same time...

...Pei Qin; Guobin Yi; Xihong Zu; Huan Wang; Hongsheng Luo; Miao Tan Purpose The aim of this paper is to synthesize graphene-modified titanium dioxide (GR-TiO₂) nanorod arrays nanocomposite films, so that these can enhance the photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide and overcome...

...Yongkun Wang; Tianran Ma; Wenchao Tian; Junjue Ye; Xing Wang; Xiangjun Jiang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to prepare novel electroactive shape memory nanocomposites based on graphene and study the thermomechanical property and shape memory behavior of nanocomposites. Design/methodology...

... of the SMP composite result in the electric power and the shape recovery behaviour. Yongtao Yao can be contacted at: yaoyt99@163.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Carbon nanofibre Carbon nanotube Electrical actuation Graphene Shape-memory polymers Shape-memory...