I am working with carbon based PDM composites as a heating layer of a photothermal actuator, So far, I've only tried with commercial grade Graphite power and Graphene Nanoplates. From my experiment, graphite is easier to work with comparing to Graphene Nanoplates. Graphite power is relatively well dispersed in PDMS than Graphene Nanoplates via ultrasonic mixing and mechanical stirring.
My goal is to maximize the actuation curvature under NIR. It seems most of literatures used rGO or GNT, not Graphite PDMS for this purpose. Can anyone suggest any relevant literatures that compare the thermal properties of carbon based PDMS composites which includes graphite for this application? Any insights and suggestion would be greatly appreciated.