Wu, T. and Chen, B. (2016) Synthesis of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Polyborosiloxane Nanocomposites with Mechanically Adaptive and Self-Healing Capabilities for Flexible Conductors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. ISSN 1944-8244
Abstract
Intrinsic self-healing polyborosiloxane (PBS) and its multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-reinforced nanocomposites were synthesized from hydroxyl terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and boric acid at room temperature. The formation of Si-O-B moiety in PBS was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. PBS and its MWCNT-reinforced nanocomposites were found possessing water or methanol activated mechanically adaptive behaviors; the compressive modulus decreased substantially when exposed to water or methanol vapor and recovered their high value after the stimulus was removed. The compressive modulus was reduced by 76%, 86%, 90% and 83% for neat PBS and its nanocomposites containing 3.0 wt.%, 6.2 wt.% and 13.3 wt.% MWCNTs, respectively, in water vapor, and the modulus reduction activated by methanol vapor was greater than by water vapor. MWCNTs at higher contents acted as a continuous electrical channel in PBS offering electrical conductivity, which was up to 1.21 S/cm for the nanocomposite containing 13.3 wt.% MWCNTs. The MWCNT-reinforced PBS nanocomposites also showed excellent mechanically and electrically self-healing properties, moldability and adhesion to PDMS elastomer substrate. These properties enabled a straightforward fabrication of self-repairing MWCNT/PBS electronic circuits on PDMS elastomer substrates.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 American Chemical Society. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | adaptive properties; conducting nanocomposites; multi-walled carbon nanotubes; polyborosiloxane; self-healing |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2016 09:57 |
Last Modified: | 19 Aug 2017 01:27 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b06137 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/acsami.6b06137 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:104281 |