Mehdi Naderi

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Researcher at University of the Basque Country

Epoxy‐based nanocomposites have attracted special attention in recent years due to their unique properties. In addition, more fillers, specifically the ones with nanostructures, are introduced to the market every day. These nanoparticles are finding more and more applications in the field of composite materials by benefiting from advanced modificat...

In the present study, carbon aerogels (CAs) are prepared through the pyrolysis of resorcinol-formaldehyde aerogel and are then used as reinforcement in epoxy resin (ER) for coating applications. In order to reduce the viscosity of ER and enhance the dispersion and wetting of CA particles in the epoxy matrix, a reactive diluent is used. ER coatings...

In this study, carbon aerogels (CA) are prepared through the pyrolysis of resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) aerogel, and are then used as reinforcement in epoxy resin (ER). The effect of the pyrolysis time of resorcinol-formaldehyde aerogel on the properties of the final composites is also investigated. In order to improve the diffusion of epoxy resin i...

Epoxy‐based nanocomposites reinforced with nonfunctionalized porous graphene (NPG), carboxylated porous graphene (CNPG), and amine‐functionalized porous graphene (ANPG) were investigated with regard to mechanical properties, thermal stability, and electrical conductivity. Nanomaterials were added to the epoxy matrix in varying contents of 0.5, 1, a...

In the present study, epoxy samples containing nanoporous graphene (NPG) were synthesized and analyzed in terms of mechanical, morphological, thermal, adhesion, and anticorrosion properties. To this end, the employed curing agents (hardeners) were synthesized and NPG content was varied from 0 to 1 wt %. By using a hardener with aliphatic side chain...

Rigid polyurethane foams (RPUF) with nanoporous graphene (NPG) were synthesized and their properties, including density, mechanical, morphological, and thermal-resistant properties were studied. In the current work, polyols of the RPUF formulation were synthesized and NPG content was varied from 0.1 to 0.5 wt %. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) o...

A comparative study of different synthetic and industrial hardeners with the same epoxy resin was carried out. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) showed that castor oil was suitably functionalized using different polyamines (cyclonic and aliphatic). When aliphatic and cyclonic polyamines were used together, the tensile strength without...

Epoxy coating with porous graphene (PG) were synthesized and their properties, including morphological and mechanical were studied. Epoxy like most resin material has high viscosity and using reactive diluent is as solution to solve high viscosity problem. Although by adding reactive diluent some mechanical properties decreased; but viscosity decli...

A comparative study of rigid polyurethane foam (RPUF) nanocomposites based on nanoporous graphene (PG) was carried out. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observationsshoweda suitable dispersionof PG and cell size intheRPUFnanocomposites. Only 0.25wt.% loading of PG caused improvements of 83% and 85% in compressive strength and modulus respectively...

nanoporous graphene (PG). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observationsshoweda suitable dispersion of PG and rough fracture surface in the presence of PG. Only 1wt.% loading of PG caused improvements of 15% and 14% in tensile strength and modulus respectivelywhen an industrial cycloaliphatic polyamine hardener (h1) was used. These results additio...