<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Surfactant-decorated graphite nanoplatelets (GNPs) reinforced aluminum nanocomposites: sintering effects on hardness and wear"^^ . "The exceptional properties of graphene make it ideal as a reinforcement to enhance the properties of aluminum matrices and this critically depends on uniform dispersion. In this study, the dispersion issue was addressed by sonication and non-covalent surface functionalization of graphite nanoplatelets (GNPs) using two types of surfactant: anionic (sodium dodecyl benzene sulfate (SDBS)) and non-ionic polymeric (ethyl cellulose (EC)). After colloidal mixing with Al powder, consolidation was performed at two sintering temperatures (550 and 620°C). The structure, density, mechanical and wear properties of the nanocomposite samples were investigated and compared with a pure Al and a pure GNPs/Al nanocomposite sample. Noticeably, EC-based 0.5wt GNPs/Al samples showed the highest increment of 31 increase in hardness with reduced wear rate of 98.25 at 620°C, while a 22 increase in hardness with reduced wear rate of 96.98 at 550°C was observed, as compared to pure Al. Microstructural analysis and the overall results validate the use of EC-based GNPs/Al nanocomposites as they performed better than pure Al and pure GNPs/Al nanocomposite at both sintering temperatures. © 2018, University of Science and Technology Beijing and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature."^^ . "2018" . . "25" . "6" . . "University of Science and Technology Beijing"^^ . . . "International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials"^^ . . . "16744799" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "O."^^ . "Mamat"^^ . "O. Mamat"^^ . . "M."^^ . "Mustapha"^^ . "M. Mustapha"^^ . . "Z."^^ . "Baig"^^ . "Z. Baig"^^ . . "S."^^ . "Ali"^^ . "S. Ali"^^ . . "M."^^ . "Sarfraz"^^ . "M. Sarfraz"^^ . . "A."^^ . "Mumtaz"^^ . "A. Mumtaz"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #10266 \n\nSurfactant-decorated graphite nanoplatelets (GNPs) reinforced aluminum nanocomposites: sintering effects on hardness and wear\n\n" . "text/html" . .