Assessment of the effectiveness of 2D graphene structures derived from various biopolymers as modifiers of the properties of thermally stable polyimide films
E. N. Bykova,
I. V. Gofman,
I. V. Kuntsman,
E. M. Ivan’kova,
A. P. Voznyakovskii,
A. A. Vozniakovskii,
A. Yu. Neverovskaya https://doi.org/10.17586/2220-8054-2026-17-1-107-118
Abstract
A comparative assessment of the influence of 2D graphene structures derived from lignin, starch and cellulose through the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis method on the mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of poly(4,4’-oxydiphenylene pyromellitimide) films was conducted. It was found that the incorporation of synthesized nanoparticles allows for the modification of the mechanical properties of the polyimide material without a significant decrease in volume and surface resistivity. Dependencies of the changes in properties of nanocomposite film materials on the following factors have also been established and analyzed: the type of biopolymer from which the nanofiller was obtained; the morphometric parameters of the prepared nanosized material; the concentration of the nanofiller.
Keywords
nanocomposites,
2D graphene structures,
polyimides,
biopolymers,
mechanical properties,
thermal properties
Supporting agencies: This work was financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 24- 49-10014). The investigations of I.V. Gofman, I.V. Kuntsman, and E.M. Ivan’kova within this work were carried out within the state assignment of Branch of Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B. P. Konstantinov of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute” – Institute of Macromolecular Compounds (NRC “Kurchatov Institute” – PNPI – IMC). The authors of the article express their gratitude to the staff of the analytical laboratory of the NRC “Kurchatov Institute” – PNPI – IMC for conducting the elemental analysis of the synthesized nanoparticles.
About the Authors
E. N. Bykova
Branch of Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute” – Institute of Macromolecular Compounds
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena N. Bykova
Bolshoi, 31, St. Petersburg, 199004
I. V. Gofman
Branch of Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute” – Institute of Macromolecular Compounds
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Iosif V. Gofman
31, St. Petersburg, 199004
I. V. Kuntsman
Branch of Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute” – Institute of Macromolecular Compounds
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Igor V. Kuntsman
Bolshoi, 31, St. Petersburg, 199004
E. M. Ivan’kova
Branch of Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Centre
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena M. Ivan’kova
Bolshoi, 31, St. Petersburg, 199004
A. P. Voznyakovskii
Lebedev Institute of Synthetic Rubber
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexandr P. Voznyakovskii
Gapsal’skaya,1, St. Petersburg, 198035
A. A. Vozniakovskii
Ioffe Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksei A. Vozniakovskii
Polytekhnicheskaya, 26, St. Petersburg, 194021
A. Yu. Neverovskaya
Lebedev Institute of Synthetic Rubber
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna Yu. Neverovskaya
Gapsal’skaya,1, St. Petersburg, 198035
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Bykova E.N., Gofman I.V., Kuntsman I.V., Ivan’kova E.M., Voznyakovskii A.P., Vozniakovskii A.A., Neverovskaya A.Yu. Assessment of the effectiveness of 2D graphene structures derived from various biopolymers as modifiers of the properties of thermally stable polyimide films. Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. 2026;17(1):107-118. https://doi.org/10.17586/2220-8054-2026-17-1-107-118
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