Abstract.We report an efficient and novel method to functionalize graphene oxide (GO) with hyperbranched polysiloxane and successfully compound them with dicyclopentadiene bisphenol dicyanate ester (DCPDCE) to prepare nanocomposites. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier-transform infrared spectra (FT-IR) were employed to examine the surface functionalization of GO. The effects of functionalized GO on the curing reaction, mechanical, dielectric and thermal properties of DCPDCE resin were investigated systematically. Results of DSC show that the addition of modified GO can facilitate the curing reaction of DCPDCE and decrease the curing temperature of DCPDCE. Compared with pure DCPDCE resin, the impact and flexural strengths of the nanocomposite materials are improved markedly with up to 66 and 50% increasing magnitude, respectively. Meanwhile, the modified GO/DCPDCE systems exhibit lower dielectric constant and loss than pure DCPDCE resin over the testing frequency from 10 to 60 MHz. In addition, the thermal stability and moisture resistance of modified GO/DCPDCE nanocomposties are also superior to that of pure DCPDCE resin.

A novel energetic composite with low electrostatic sensitivity was successfully synthesised in this work. Copper nanowires decorated reduced graphene oxide (CuNW@rGO) precursor was prepared through a facile one-pot hydrothermal approach. Then the precursor was deposited on silicon substrate by electrophoretic deposition, which greatly reduced the security risks of directly handling of powder sample. Copper azide nanowires(CANW)@rGO was in-situ fabricated by reaction of copper nanowire (CuNW ) @rGO with HN3 gas. The materias were characterized by SEM-EDS, TEM, XRD, DSC and Raman spectroscopy. The electrostatic sensitivity of CANW@rGO composite was investigated by electrostatic sensitivity tester JGY-50III. The discharge energy at 50%(E50%) of CANW@rGO composites with rGO contents of 15 and 25 wt% were 0.92mJ and 1.43mJ, respectively. The results indicate that the electrostatic sensitivity of the as-prepared CANW@rGO energetic composite was highly reduced with the addition of rGO.