Behavioural study of graphene oxide/functionalized graphene on bamboo fiber reinforced composite

Abstract With global advancement towards green technology, bamboo fiber has been treated as an extensive resource for eco-friendly living and competitive materials for industrial uses, due to their favorable characteristics such as durability, recyclability and promising mechanical properties. In this study natural fabric reinforced composites were prepared by bamboo fibers (BF) weave in a 1–1 (warp, weft) method by hand layup technique. There are three composition of composite prepared by varying the weight percentage of each nano-material with 0.5%, 0.75% and 1.0%. The various mechanical and thermal properties of prepared composites were compared by addition of two types of nanofillers: Graphene Oxide (GO) and functionalized Graphene (FG). The findings revealed that the incorporation of functionalized Graphene (FG) composites can be an effective approach in-term of mechanical properties as compared to pure and GO composite. From the experimental values it was clear that at 0.75 wt% of FG the Bamboo fabric reinforced composite shown better tensile strength, impact strength, hardness and heat deflection of 30%, 19%, 16% and 15% respectively. It was also observed that after optimal wt. % of nanofillers the mechanical properties are degraded by addition of nano-materials.