ABSTRACT WC-Al2O3-graphene composite powder was synthesized by ultrasonic treatment and ball milling, then consolidated by hot pressing sintering (HPS). For potential applications, the friction coefficient and wear resistance of the sintered bulks at different temperatures (room temperature, 200, 400, and 600°C) were investigated. The wear tracks were characterized by scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, respectively. The results show that the friction coefficient decreases and the wear rate increases with the increase of temperature, mainly because oxidization wear occurs on the wear surface of WC-Al2O3-graphene composite under high temperature. The main wear mechanism is the destruction and formation of tribochemical compacted layer. Graphene reduces the wear rate of WC-Al2O3-graphene composite under high tampere. The reason is that graphene reduces oxidation wear by blocking or absorbing oxygen; moreover, graphene reduces the cycle frequency of damage and reconstruction of tribochemical compacted layer by reducing the peeling of it. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
{"title":"Tribological behavior of WC-Al2O3-graphene composite at different temperatures","authors":"Xiaoxiao Zhang, Xiaoxian Sun, Yifei Wang, Jiayu Qin","doi":"10.1080/19475411.2022.2138625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19475411.2022.2138625","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT WC-Al2O3-graphene composite powder was synthesized by ultrasonic treatment and ball milling, then consolidated by hot pressing sintering (HPS). For potential applications, the friction coefficient and wear resistance of the sintered bulks at different temperatures (room temperature, 200, 400, and 600°C) were investigated. The wear tracks were characterized by scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, respectively. The results show that the friction coefficient decreases and the wear rate increases with the increase of temperature, mainly because oxidization wear occurs on the wear surface of WC-Al2O3-graphene composite under high temperature. The main wear mechanism is the destruction and formation of tribochemical compacted layer. Graphene reduces the wear rate of WC-Al2O3-graphene composite under high tampere. The reason is that graphene reduces oxidation wear by blocking or absorbing oxygen; moreover, graphene reduces the cycle frequency of damage and reconstruction of tribochemical compacted layer by reducing the peeling of it. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":48516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":"691 - 712"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48883577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-14DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2022.2120110
Wei Zhao, Jie Zhu, Liwu Liu, J. Leng, Yanju Liu
ABSTRACT Artificial architected metamaterials equipped with unique mechanical and physical properties that are naturally inaccessible can be obtained by rational design. In this work, the innovative three-dimensional (3D) chiral and anti-chiral metamaterials are developed referring to the face-rotating polyhedral (FRP) structure present in the virus. Through assembling planar triangular units into the regular octahedron cells, several typical forms of chiral and anti-chiral metamaterials can be obtained by different assembly methods. By changing the topology parameters, the Poisson’s ratio can be adjusted between [0, 2.8]. The metamaterials are fabricated by 3D printing utilizing shape memory polymer, and the mechanical properties are analyzed via Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and experiments, including Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, and tension-twist coupling behavior. In addition, target metamaterial with specific local deformation behavior is obtained by programmatic calculations and distributions to meet special requirements or achieve unique applications. The shape memory property endows the mechanical metamaterials with more potential applications. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
{"title":"A bio-inspired 3D metamaterials with chirality and anti-chirality topology fabricated by 4D printing","authors":"Wei Zhao, Jie Zhu, Liwu Liu, J. Leng, Yanju Liu","doi":"10.1080/19475411.2022.2120110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19475411.2022.2120110","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Artificial architected metamaterials equipped with unique mechanical and physical properties that are naturally inaccessible can be obtained by rational design. In this work, the innovative three-dimensional (3D) chiral and anti-chiral metamaterials are developed referring to the face-rotating polyhedral (FRP) structure present in the virus. Through assembling planar triangular units into the regular octahedron cells, several typical forms of chiral and anti-chiral metamaterials can be obtained by different assembly methods. By changing the topology parameters, the Poisson’s ratio can be adjusted between [0, 2.8]. The metamaterials are fabricated by 3D printing utilizing shape memory polymer, and the mechanical properties are analyzed via Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and experiments, including Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, and tension-twist coupling behavior. In addition, target metamaterial with specific local deformation behavior is obtained by programmatic calculations and distributions to meet special requirements or achieve unique applications. The shape memory property endows the mechanical metamaterials with more potential applications. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":48516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials","volume":"14 1","pages":"1 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47353816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-31DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2022.2116737
Junjie Wei, Long Li, Ruilin Li, Qingquan Liu, Zejun Yan, Tao Chen
ABSTRACT Smart hydrogel with color responsiveness is envisioned as one of the most promising materials for advanced information encryption and decryption platform, but the illumination-dependent way of decrypting and reading information leads to the worrying of concealment in some particular scenarios. Herein, we proposed a smart hydrogel information platform with dual imaging modes by utilizing the accompanying behaviors in transparency change and heat releasing after crystallization of supercooled solution. For this smart hydrogel information platform, the hidden information could be written and decrypted by ink of ethylene glycol and decryption tool of seed crystal, respectively. Furthermore, in addition to the traditional optical imaging mode with the assistance of light illumination, the decrypted information on dual-imaging-mode hydrogel platform also could be read by thermal imaging mode in dark environment owing to the exothermic crystallization. The illumination-independent read mode based on heat radiation helps to improve the secrecy and safety of the decryption and read process. This investigation provides a facile and feasible strategy to design illumination-independent information platform that enables reading the encrypted information in secret. Graphical abstract
{"title":"Dual-imaging-mode smart hydrogel information platform for illumination-independent covert decryption and read","authors":"Junjie Wei, Long Li, Ruilin Li, Qingquan Liu, Zejun Yan, Tao Chen","doi":"10.1080/19475411.2022.2116737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19475411.2022.2116737","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Smart hydrogel with color responsiveness is envisioned as one of the most promising materials for advanced information encryption and decryption platform, but the illumination-dependent way of decrypting and reading information leads to the worrying of concealment in some particular scenarios. Herein, we proposed a smart hydrogel information platform with dual imaging modes by utilizing the accompanying behaviors in transparency change and heat releasing after crystallization of supercooled solution. For this smart hydrogel information platform, the hidden information could be written and decrypted by ink of ethylene glycol and decryption tool of seed crystal, respectively. Furthermore, in addition to the traditional optical imaging mode with the assistance of light illumination, the decrypted information on dual-imaging-mode hydrogel platform also could be read by thermal imaging mode in dark environment owing to the exothermic crystallization. The illumination-independent read mode based on heat radiation helps to improve the secrecy and safety of the decryption and read process. This investigation provides a facile and feasible strategy to design illumination-independent information platform that enables reading the encrypted information in secret. Graphical abstract","PeriodicalId":48516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":"612 - 625"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44260985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-31DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2022.2116736
Dong Hyun Kim, Dong Wook Lee, J. Oh, Jonghoon Won, Hae‐Chang Jeong, Dae‐Shik Seo
ABSTRACT A hafnium strontium oxide (HfSrO) liquid crystal (LC) alignment film was efficiently created through brush coating, and its ability to change the LC alignment direction was confirmed. A brush was applied to HfSrO sol coated on an indium-tin oxide substrate, after which the coating was solidified at various curing temperatures. It was confirmed that a directional micro/nanostructure was formed above 280°C due to the shear stresses caused by the movement of the brush hairs. Surface chemical changes were analyzed by using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and contact angle measurements. As the curing temperature increased, the prevalence of oxygen bonds increased and the contact angle decreased, thereby increasing the surface energy. The anisotropic boundary of the microgrooves and the van der Waals forces due to an increase in surface energy changed the alignment direction of LC molecules from vertical to horizontal, as verified through polarized optical microscopy and pretilt angle measurements. Thus, the efficiency of the brush-coating method, which dramatically simplifies the LC alignment film process, was confirmed. The homeotropic/homogeneous LC alignment property of the HfSrO film produced through brush coating depending on the curing temperature provides an innovative approach for LC alignment. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACt
{"title":"Nanostructured hafnium-doped strontium oxide film for homeotropic/homogeneous convertible liquid crystal alignment depending on the curing temperature","authors":"Dong Hyun Kim, Dong Wook Lee, J. Oh, Jonghoon Won, Hae‐Chang Jeong, Dae‐Shik Seo","doi":"10.1080/19475411.2022.2116736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19475411.2022.2116736","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A hafnium strontium oxide (HfSrO) liquid crystal (LC) alignment film was efficiently created through brush coating, and its ability to change the LC alignment direction was confirmed. A brush was applied to HfSrO sol coated on an indium-tin oxide substrate, after which the coating was solidified at various curing temperatures. It was confirmed that a directional micro/nanostructure was formed above 280°C due to the shear stresses caused by the movement of the brush hairs. Surface chemical changes were analyzed by using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and contact angle measurements. As the curing temperature increased, the prevalence of oxygen bonds increased and the contact angle decreased, thereby increasing the surface energy. The anisotropic boundary of the microgrooves and the van der Waals forces due to an increase in surface energy changed the alignment direction of LC molecules from vertical to horizontal, as verified through polarized optical microscopy and pretilt angle measurements. Thus, the efficiency of the brush-coating method, which dramatically simplifies the LC alignment film process, was confirmed. The homeotropic/homogeneous LC alignment property of the HfSrO film produced through brush coating depending on the curing temperature provides an innovative approach for LC alignment. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACt","PeriodicalId":48516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":"597 - 611"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44710615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-30DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2022.2116735
Xiaowen Huang, Jimin Fu, Huiyan Tan, Yan Miu, Mengda Xu, Qiuhua Zhao, Yujie Xie, Shengtong Sun, H. Yao, Lidong Zhang
ABSTRACT It remains a challenge to achieve rapidly recoverable hydrogels by molecular hydrogen-bonding interaction because of its slow interaction kinetics. This work for the first time reports a trehalose (Tre)-based molecular movement mechanism inside a single network of polyacrylamide (PAM) that accelerates the kinetics of hydrogen-bonding interaction, and thereby endows the hydrogel with high toughness and rapid shape and mechanical recoverability. The resultant PAM@Tre hydrogel is capable of full shape recovery after 10,000 loading/unloading cycles at a strain of 500%. Even after being stretched at a strain of 2500%, it can recover to its original shape within 10 seconds. Moreover, the molecular movement of trehalose also endows the PAM@Tre hydrogel with fracture energy and toughness as high as ~9000 J m–2 and ~1600 kJ m–3, respectively, leading to strong resistance to both static and dynamic piercing. The PAM@Tre hydrogel is thus believed to have enormous potentials in protection devices, bionic skin, soft actuator, and stretchable electronics. Graphical abstract
{"title":"Molecular movements of trehalose inside a single network enabling a rapidly-recoverable tough hydrogel","authors":"Xiaowen Huang, Jimin Fu, Huiyan Tan, Yan Miu, Mengda Xu, Qiuhua Zhao, Yujie Xie, Shengtong Sun, H. Yao, Lidong Zhang","doi":"10.1080/19475411.2022.2116735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19475411.2022.2116735","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT It remains a challenge to achieve rapidly recoverable hydrogels by molecular hydrogen-bonding interaction because of its slow interaction kinetics. This work for the first time reports a trehalose (Tre)-based molecular movement mechanism inside a single network of polyacrylamide (PAM) that accelerates the kinetics of hydrogen-bonding interaction, and thereby endows the hydrogel with high toughness and rapid shape and mechanical recoverability. The resultant PAM@Tre hydrogel is capable of full shape recovery after 10,000 loading/unloading cycles at a strain of 500%. Even after being stretched at a strain of 2500%, it can recover to its original shape within 10 seconds. Moreover, the molecular movement of trehalose also endows the PAM@Tre hydrogel with fracture energy and toughness as high as ~9000 J m–2 and ~1600 kJ m–3, respectively, leading to strong resistance to both static and dynamic piercing. The PAM@Tre hydrogel is thus believed to have enormous potentials in protection devices, bionic skin, soft actuator, and stretchable electronics. Graphical abstract","PeriodicalId":48516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":"575 - 596"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48485643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-02DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2022.2107115
Ping Zhang, Ziyi Xu, Zhiying Wu, Ping Xu, Canhui Yang
ABSTRACT As the first version of synthetic hydrogel, poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels have found broad applications. However, their poor mechanical performances have been long-standing hurdles for practical deployments. Herein, we report on strengthening the poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels with biochar nanoparticles and hydrophobic aggregations, which are induced by solvent exchange and reinforced by freeze-thaw. Both the vast anchoring points on the multifunctional surfaces of the biochar nanoparticles and the aggregates formed between poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) chains engender strong and dissipative physical crosslinks. The resulting hydrogels exhibit marked mechanical properties, encompassing high stretchability ~7, high fracture toughness ~1360 J m−2, high elastic modulus ~180 kPa, low friction coefficient ~0.2, self-recovery, and non-swellability. Furthermore, we demonstrate the versatility of the proposed strategy by using water/ionic liquid binary solvent as the solvent system, Laponite as the nano-reinforcement, and dry-anneal as the hydrophobic aggregation enhancer to synthesize mechanically robust hydrogels. Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels of superior mechanical properties are expected to enable previously inaccessible applications in biomedicine and engineering. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
{"title":"Strengthening poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels using biochars and hydrophobic aggregations","authors":"Ping Zhang, Ziyi Xu, Zhiying Wu, Ping Xu, Canhui Yang","doi":"10.1080/19475411.2022.2107115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19475411.2022.2107115","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT As the first version of synthetic hydrogel, poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels have found broad applications. However, their poor mechanical performances have been long-standing hurdles for practical deployments. Herein, we report on strengthening the poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels with biochar nanoparticles and hydrophobic aggregations, which are induced by solvent exchange and reinforced by freeze-thaw. Both the vast anchoring points on the multifunctional surfaces of the biochar nanoparticles and the aggregates formed between poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) chains engender strong and dissipative physical crosslinks. The resulting hydrogels exhibit marked mechanical properties, encompassing high stretchability ~7, high fracture toughness ~1360 J m−2, high elastic modulus ~180 kPa, low friction coefficient ~0.2, self-recovery, and non-swellability. Furthermore, we demonstrate the versatility of the proposed strategy by using water/ionic liquid binary solvent as the solvent system, Laponite as the nano-reinforcement, and dry-anneal as the hydrophobic aggregation enhancer to synthesize mechanically robust hydrogels. Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels of superior mechanical properties are expected to enable previously inaccessible applications in biomedicine and engineering. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":48516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":"561 - 574"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48456791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-02DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2022.2107114
Guannan Yang, S. Luo, Bo Luo, Yan Zuo, Shi-wo Ta, Tingyu Lin, Zhaohui Zhao, Yu Zhang, C. Cui
ABSTRACT Conductive fillers made from metal nanoparticles offer many advantages for the fabrication of a variety of electronic devices, but when they have a porous structure, their poor conductivity limits their adoption in many applications. In this study, an Ag-coated Cu micro-nanoparticle paste is used to achieve compact filling of blind vias on flexible copper clad polyimide laminates through a multistep filling and sintering technique. The filled blind vias achieve a resistivity as low as 6.2 μΩ·cm, which is comparable that of electroplated blind vias. Higher sintering pressure and temperature promote the filling performance, while the conductivity deteriorates at a via depth/diameter ratio greater than 1:1. Finite element simulations reveal a stress inhomogeneity in vias with large depth/diameter ratios, which is the key to understanding the evolution of the conductive properties of a paste-filled via. This study provides an effective method for high-performance microvia filling as well as insights into the mechanism that influences its performance. Graphical abstract
{"title":"The effects of pressure, temperature, and depth/diameter ratio on the microvia filling performance of Ag-coated Cu micro-nanoparticles for advanced electronic packaging","authors":"Guannan Yang, S. Luo, Bo Luo, Yan Zuo, Shi-wo Ta, Tingyu Lin, Zhaohui Zhao, Yu Zhang, C. Cui","doi":"10.1080/19475411.2022.2107114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19475411.2022.2107114","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Conductive fillers made from metal nanoparticles offer many advantages for the fabrication of a variety of electronic devices, but when they have a porous structure, their poor conductivity limits their adoption in many applications. In this study, an Ag-coated Cu micro-nanoparticle paste is used to achieve compact filling of blind vias on flexible copper clad polyimide laminates through a multistep filling and sintering technique. The filled blind vias achieve a resistivity as low as 6.2 μΩ·cm, which is comparable that of electroplated blind vias. Higher sintering pressure and temperature promote the filling performance, while the conductivity deteriorates at a via depth/diameter ratio greater than 1:1. Finite element simulations reveal a stress inhomogeneity in vias with large depth/diameter ratios, which is the key to understanding the evolution of the conductive properties of a paste-filled via. This study provides an effective method for high-performance microvia filling as well as insights into the mechanism that influences its performance. Graphical abstract","PeriodicalId":48516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":"543 - 560"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47397658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2022.2095454
Huilin Ren, Xiaodan Yang, Zhenhu Wang, Xuguang Xu, Rong Wang, Qi Ge, Yi Xiong
ABSTRACT Smart structures have the advantages of high system integrity and diverse sensing capabilities. However, the labor-intensive and time-consuming fabrication process hinders the large-scale adoption of smart structures. Despite recent attempts to develop sensor-embedded structures using 3D printing technologies, the reported smart structures generally suffer from the complex fabrication process, constrained part size, and limited sensing modality. Herein, we propose a workflow to design and fabricate novel smart structures via multimaterial fused deposition modeling (FDM)-based 3D printing. More specifically, conductive filaments with tailorable mechanical and electrical properties, e.g. piezoresistive effects, were developed. Additionally, the printing process was optimized for processing soft filaments with Young’s modulus around 2 MPa, resolving the issue of filament buckling. Furthermore, the potential applications of the proposed workflow were showcased using three design cases, i.e. biaxial strain sensor, smart tire, and cable-driven soft finger with multiple sensing capabilities. This workflow provides a cost-effective and rapid solution for developing novel smart structures with soft materials. Graphical Abstract
{"title":"Smart structures with embedded flexible sensors fabricated by fused deposition modeling-based multimaterial 3D printing","authors":"Huilin Ren, Xiaodan Yang, Zhenhu Wang, Xuguang Xu, Rong Wang, Qi Ge, Yi Xiong","doi":"10.1080/19475411.2022.2095454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19475411.2022.2095454","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Smart structures have the advantages of high system integrity and diverse sensing capabilities. However, the labor-intensive and time-consuming fabrication process hinders the large-scale adoption of smart structures. Despite recent attempts to develop sensor-embedded structures using 3D printing technologies, the reported smart structures generally suffer from the complex fabrication process, constrained part size, and limited sensing modality. Herein, we propose a workflow to design and fabricate novel smart structures via multimaterial fused deposition modeling (FDM)-based 3D printing. More specifically, conductive filaments with tailorable mechanical and electrical properties, e.g. piezoresistive effects, were developed. Additionally, the printing process was optimized for processing soft filaments with Young’s modulus around 2 MPa, resolving the issue of filament buckling. Furthermore, the potential applications of the proposed workflow were showcased using three design cases, i.e. biaxial strain sensor, smart tire, and cable-driven soft finger with multiple sensing capabilities. This workflow provides a cost-effective and rapid solution for developing novel smart structures with soft materials. Graphical Abstract","PeriodicalId":48516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":"447 - 464"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43337032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2022.2095456
Hongjiao Qu, Peng Zheng, Tao Wang, Xingyu Yu, Junjie Pan, Xiaoli Fan, Tengfei Zhang, Xin Sun, Jianping He
ABSTRACT Metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) have been widely studied because of their adjustable composition and controllable structure in the field of microwave absorption (MA). Therein, Prussian blue analogs (PBA) have attracted the attention of researchers with ultra-high metal content. However, the attenuation ability of microwave for PBA-based composites is still unsatisfactory up to now. Therefore, the NiFe/CoFe@C composites were prepared by carbonizing polymetallic PBA (NiCoFe PBA) materials in this work, and the influence of different metal alloy components on MA was explored by adjusting the ratio of metal ions (Ni2+/Co2+). Moreover, the NiFe/CoFe@C composites have rich interfaces and enhance the polarization loss due to the introduction of Ni and it has an optimal performance at 2.7 mm that is the reflection loss (RL) is −41.49 dB and an effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) is 7.12 GHz with 1/1 (Ni2+/Co2+). The above data provides a research idea for obtaining light and efficient absorbers. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
{"title":"MOF-derived multi-interface carbon-based composites with enhanced polarization loss and efficient microwave absorption","authors":"Hongjiao Qu, Peng Zheng, Tao Wang, Xingyu Yu, Junjie Pan, Xiaoli Fan, Tengfei Zhang, Xin Sun, Jianping He","doi":"10.1080/19475411.2022.2095456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19475411.2022.2095456","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) have been widely studied because of their adjustable composition and controllable structure in the field of microwave absorption (MA). Therein, Prussian blue analogs (PBA) have attracted the attention of researchers with ultra-high metal content. However, the attenuation ability of microwave for PBA-based composites is still unsatisfactory up to now. Therefore, the NiFe/CoFe@C composites were prepared by carbonizing polymetallic PBA (NiCoFe PBA) materials in this work, and the influence of different metal alloy components on MA was explored by adjusting the ratio of metal ions (Ni2+/Co2+). Moreover, the NiFe/CoFe@C composites have rich interfaces and enhance the polarization loss due to the introduction of Ni and it has an optimal performance at 2.7 mm that is the reflection loss (RL) is −41.49 dB and an effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) is 7.12 GHz with 1/1 (Ni2+/Co2+). The above data provides a research idea for obtaining light and efficient absorbers. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":48516,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":"465 - 480"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43968441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2022.2107112
Hao Wang, Yang Yue, Wenze Zou, Yang Pan, Xiaogang Guo
ABSTRACT Ascribed to its wide sensing range, high sensitivity, and low stiffness to match target objects with complex 3D shapes, the stretchable strain sensor has shown its promising applications in various fields, ranging from healthcare, bodynet, and intelligent traffic system, to the robotic system. This paper presents a low-cost and straightforward fabrication technology for the stretchable strain fiber with the combined attributes of a wide sensing range, exceptional linearity, and high durability. The hybrid composite consisting of carbon black and silicone is utilized as the functional material to respond to the external mechanical deformation due to the piezoresistive effect. To address the remarkable hysteresis of the CB-silicone composites, the latex tubes with excellent mechanical robustness and a considerable accessible tensile strain are introduced as the outer supporting components. After injecting the conductive CB-silicone composite into these tubes, the stretchable strain fibers are successfully prepared. Notably, the stretchable strain sensor exhibits linearity (R2 = 0.9854) in a wide sensing range (0–400%) and remarkable durability even after the 2500 cycles under 100% tension. Additionally, the potential of this stretchable strain fiber as the wearable strain sensor and the real-time feedback is demonstrated by detecting the body motion and the expansion devices. GA
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