Decorative panel and method for manufacturing of such a decorative panel
A decorative panel, in particular a floor panel, ceiling panel or wall panel, including a core provided with an upper side and a lower side, a decorative top structure affixed, either directly or indirectly, on said upper side of the core, a first panel edge including a first coupling profile, and a second panel edge including a second coupling profile being designed to engage interlockingly with said first coupling profile of an adjacent panel, both in horizontal and in vertical direction.
1 . A decorative panel, comprising:
a core provided with an upper side and a lower side,
a decorative top structure affixed, either directly or indirectly, on said upper side of the core,
a first panel edge comprising a first coupling profile, and a second panel edge comprising a second coupling profile being designed to engage interlockingly with said first coupling profile of an adjacent panel, both in horizontal and in vertical direction,
wherein the panel comprises graphene and/or at least one derivative of graphene, and
wherein a top surface of the decorative top structure is at least partially made from the graphene and/or the at least one derivative of graphene.
2 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the panel comprises the at least one derivative of graphene chosen from the group consisting of: graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide.
3 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the decorative top structure comprises at least two layers of which at least one layer comprises the graphene and/or the at least one derivative of graphene.
4 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the decorative top structure comprises at least one layer composed of the graphene and/or the at least one derivative of graphene.
5 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the panel comprises particles composed of the graphene and/or the at least one derivative from graphene.
6 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the decorative top structure comprises a decorative visual print layer, at least one substantially transparent or translucent wear layer applied on top of said print layer, and at least one substantially transparent of translucent top coating layer applied on top of said at least one wear layer, wherein at least one wear layer and/or at least one top coating layer comprises the graphene and/or the at least one derivative of graphene.
7 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the panel comprises at least one layer composed of the graphene and/or graphene the at least one derivative of graphene, wherein the thickness of said layer is between 0.1 nm and 1 nm.
8 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the panel comprises graphene paper.
9 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the core is at least partially composed of a dielectric material.
10 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the core comprises the graphene and/or the at least one derivative of graphene, wherein a centreline divides the core into an upper section and a lower section, wherein at least one layer at least partially composed of the graphene and/or the at least one derivative of graphene is situated in the upper section and/or lower section of the core.
11 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the decorative top structure comprises at least one conductive layer at least partially composed of the graphene and/or the at least one derivative of graphene, wherein said conductive layer defines a part of opposing side edges of the panel.
12 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein at least one metal or metal oxide is conjugated to the graphene and/or the at least one derivative of graphene.
13 . The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the panel comprises a plurality of interconnected sheets and/or interconnected flakes and/or interconnected lamella, wherein the panel comprises a graphene-polymer based foam, wherein said foam comprises wavy-ordered and/or web-disordered and/or curved lattices at least partially composed of the graphene and/or the at least one derivative of graphene, wherein said lattices are arranged in a polymer, open or semi-open cell frame, wherein the lattices are composed of a plurality of interconnected sheets and/or interconnected flakes and/or interconnected lamella.
14 . The decorative covering consisting of a plurality of interlocked panels according to claim 1 .
15 . The method for manufacturing the decorative panel according to claim 1 , comprising the steps:
a) providing the core;
b) creating and affixing, either directly or indirectly, the decorative top structure on said upper side of the core, wherein the panel comprises the graphene and/or the at least one derivative of graphene, wherein the top surface of the decorative top structure is at least partially made from the graphene and/or the at least one derivative of graphene; and
c) providing the first panel edge with the first coupling profile, and the second panel edge with the second coupling profile being designed to engage interlockingly with said first coupling profile of the adjacent panel, both in the horizontal and in the vertical direction.
16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the top structure comprises a plurality of layers, including at least one graphene and/or graphene derivative based layer, wherein during step b) the at least one graphene and/or graphene derivative based layer is applied by means of chemical vapor deposition.
17 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the top structure comprises a plurality of layers, including at least one graphene and/or graphene derivative based layer, wherein during step b) the at least one graphene and/or graphene derivative based layer is applied by using a graphene suspension and/or derivative of graphene suspension.
18 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the top structure comprises a plurality of layers, including at least one graphene and/or graphene derivative based layer, wherein during step b) the at least one graphene and/or graphene derivative based layer is electrochemically deposited onto another panel layer.
19 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein during or subsequent to step a) or step b), at least one panel layer of graphene-polymer based foam is applied.