Behavior of polyethylene-based nanocomposites containing multi-layer graphene filler

In this research, the results regarding the characterization of electrical and mechanical properties of a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) - graphene-like (G) nanocomposite are presented. The processing technique used to fabricate the material was high-energy ball milling. This method was utilized to fabricate samples with a filler loading ranging from 1 wt% up to 7wt%. Low voltage broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS), erosion tests and breakdown tests (BD) were the measurements carried out in order to characterize the electrical behavior of the fabricated composites. Then, some of the mechanical properties of the LDPE-G nanocomposites were determined with dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and, finally, the crystalline structure of the material was investigated with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).