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Cheng J, Yao X, Zhang Z, Tan Y, Hu N, Ma C, Zhang G. Intelligent anti-impact elastomers by precisely tailoring the topology of modular polymer networks. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2024; 11:3143-3156. [PMID: 38629134 DOI: 10.1039/d4mh00002a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
Abstract
High-performance elastomers are essential in daily life and various industrial sectors such as personal protection, soft electronics, and vibration control. Nevertheless, despite massive efforts, concurrently achieving ultrahigh flexibility and remarkable impact resistance continues to be elusive. Herein, we report an innovative modular construction strategy that employs a topology-tailoring polymer network consisting of stereoscopic (epoxy-oligosiloxane nanoclusters) and linear (amino-terminated polyurea) building blocks as independent modules to develop intelligent anti-impact elastomers via an epoxy-amine mechanism. By precisely tailoring the topology of building blocks, the elastomers demonstrate high flexibility and toughness, remarkable impact responsiveness and ultrahigh energy dissipation. Their anti-impact ability surpasses those of most common soft and rigid materials such as steel, plastic, rubber, foam, or even polyborosiloxane. Moreover, the elastomers are well-qualified for use in flexible display technologies, owing to their high transparency (>92% transmittance), exceptional fold-resistance (no creasing after 10 000 bends), and good thermal stability (no discoloration at 100 °C). Furthermore, the elastomers exhibit excellent versatility, enabling them to be combined with either soft or rigid materials to generate composites with ultrahigh puncture and ballistic resistance. This study offers a promising framework for the design and fabrication of intelligent anti-impact elastomers and provides valuable insights into the development of next-generation protective materials.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jianfeng Cheng
- School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.
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- School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- National Defense Engineering College, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing 210007, P. R. China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.
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- School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.
- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.
- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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Liu Y, Glenn J, Tran K, Zhang M, Zhou H, Soleimani M, Lucas F, Winnik MA. Film Formation of Waterborne 2K Polyurethanes: Effect of Polyols Containing Different Carboxylic Acid Content. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yang Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Advanced Materials and Systems Research, BASF, Wyandotte, Michigan 48192, United States
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- Advanced Materials and Systems Research, BASF, 67056 Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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Hiroshige S, Minato H, Nishizawa Y, Sasaki Y, Kureha T, Shibayama M, Uenishi K, Takata T, Suzuki D. Temperature-dependent relationship between the structure and mechanical strength of volatile organic compound-free latex films prepared from poly(butyl acrylate-co-methyl methacrylate) microspheres. Polym J 2020. [DOI: 10.1038/s41428-020-00406-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Wahdat H, Gerst M, Rückel M, Möbius S, Adams J. Influence of Delayed, Ionic Polymer Cross-Linking on Film Formation Kinetics of Waterborne Adhesives. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hares Wahdat
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
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- Advanced Materials & Systems Research, BASF SE, D-67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Advanced Materials & Systems Research, BASF SE, D-67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Advanced Materials & Systems Research, BASF SE, D-67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
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Casier R, Gauthier M, Duhamel J. Using Pyrene Excimer Fluorescence To Probe Polymer Diffusion in Latex Films. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Remi Casier
- Institute for Polymer Research, Waterloo
Institute for Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L
3G1, Canada
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- Institute for Polymer Research, Waterloo
Institute for Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L
3G1, Canada
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- Institute for Polymer Research, Waterloo
Institute for Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L
3G1, Canada
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Ribeiro T, Fedorov A, Baleizão C, Farinha JPS. Formation of hybrid films from perylenediimide-labeled core-shell silica-polymer nanoparticles. J Colloid Interface Sci 2013; 401:14-22. [PMID: 23622686 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
We prepared water-dispersible core-shell nanoparticles with a perylenediimide-labeled silica core and a poly(butyl methacrylate) shell, for application in photoactive high performance coatings. Films cast from water dispersions of the core-shell nanoparticles are flexible and transparent, featuring homogeneously dispersed silica nanoparticles, and exhibiting fluorescence under appropriate excitation. We characterized the film formation process using nanoparticles where the polymer shell has been labeled with either a non-fluorescent N-benzophenone derivative (NBen) or a fluorescent phenanthrene derivative (PheBMA). We used Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) from PheBMA to NBen to follow the interparticle interdiffusion of the polymer anchored to the silica surface that occurs after the dried dispersions are annealing above the glass transition temperature of the polymer. By calculating the evolution of the FRET quantum efficiency with annealing time, we could estimate the approximate fraction of mixing (fm) between polymer from neighbor particles, and from this, the apparent diffusion coefficients (Dapp) for this process. For long annealing times, the limiting values of fm are slightly lower than for films of pure PBMA particles at similar temperatures (go up to 80% of total possible mixing). The corresponding diffusion coefficients are also very similar to those reported for films of pure PBMA, indicating that the fact that the polymer chains are anchored to the silica particles does not significantly hinder the diffusion process during the initial part of the mixing process. From the temperature dependence of the diffusion coefficients, we found an effective activation energy for diffusion of Ea=38 kcal/mol, very similar to the value obtained for particles of the same polymer without the silica core. With these results, we show that, although the polymer is grafted to the silica surface, polymer interdiffusion during film formation is not significantly decreased by the silica core. This explains the excellent properties of the photoactive high performance coatings formed from the core-shell nanoparticles.
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- Tânia Ribeiro
- CQFM-Centro de Química-Física Molecular, IN-Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
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Breul AM, Hager MD, Schubert US. Fluorescent monomers as building blocks for dye labeled polymers: synthesis and application in energy conversion, biolabeling and sensors. Chem Soc Rev 2013; 42:5366-407. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cs35478d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Schroeder WF, Liu Y, Tomba JP, Soleimani M, Lau W, Winnik MA. Effect of a coalescing aid on the earliest stages of polymer diffusion in poly(butyl acrylate-co-methyl methacrylate) latex films. POLYMER 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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