Rapid technique for preparing conductive graphene-borosilicone putty

TL;DR

This paper introduces a quick, room-temperature method to produce conductive graphene-borosilicone putty with minimal waste, enabling sensitive deformation detection for practical applications.

Contribution

The authors develop a novel, rapid, and environmentally friendly technique for synthesizing conductive graphene-borosilicone putty from readily available materials.

Findings

The method produces conductive g-putty efficiently at room temperature.

The process generates only methanol as waste.

The resulting g-putty is highly sensitive to deformation.

Abstract

When borosilicone putty is filled with graphene sheets, the result can be a "g-putty"--an electrically conducting putty that is exquisitely sensitive to deformation. In this work, we present a rapid method for producing g-putty from commercially available ingredients. The process can be performed at room temperature and has methanol as its only waste product.