• Aligned Non-Oxidized Graphene Flake/PDMS Composites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties

  • Ja Yoon Lee, In-Hyeok Hwang, Saeed Habibpour*, and Yun-Seok Jun†

  • Department of Polymer Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea
    *Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1

  • 기계적 물성이 향상된 배향 비산화 그래핀/PDMS 복합재

  • 이자윤 · 황인혁 · Saeed Habibpour* · 전윤석†

  • 국립 부경대학교 고분자공학전공, *워털루 대학교 화학공학과

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(1): 177-185

    Published online Jan 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.1.177
  • Received on Sep 29, 2025
  • Revised on Dec 2, 2025
  • Accepted on Dec 3, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Yun-Seok Jun

  • Department of Polymer Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea

  • E-mail: ysjun@pknu.ac.kr