Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ( IF 9.4 ) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.10.121 Siyu Han 1 , Siwen Chen 1 , Zhuang Hu 1 , Yue Liu 1 , Wanhong Zhang 1 , Bai Wang 2 , Jianshe Hu 1 , Liqun Yang 3
Composite elastomers with elasticity, conductivity, and self-healing properties have gained tremendous interest due to the imperative demands in the fields of stretchable electronics and soft robotics. However, the self-healing performance and the amount of filler are contradictory. Herein, a new conductive self-healing composite elastomer is developed by uniformly dispersing EGaIn droplets and Prussian blue nanoparticles (PBNPs) in a bran-new elastomer which cross-linked the linear polymer that obtained by ring-opening polymerization of trimethylene carbonate and 5-methyl-5-carboxytrimethylene carbonate initiated by polyethylene glycol by aluminum chloride. As confirmed by FT-IR and XPS, the cross-linking network of the composite elastomer is composed of hydrogen bonds and coordination bonds sheared between aluminum and carboxyl groups, and the coordination process was revealed by DFT calculations. This elastomer exhibits excellent light-to-heat conversion properties, thermal conductivity (1.207 W/mK), electrical conductivity (202.34 S·m−1), and good tensile properties that meet application requirements. The good photothermal performance enables the elastomer to self-heal rapidly under NIR irradiation (90.3 %), and accelerate the shape recovery of the elastomer. As a sensor, the elastomer demonstrates good sensitivity, capable of monitoring human movements and recognizing handwriting. This self-healable conductive elastomer has significant potential in the fields of damage-resistant flexible sensors and human-machine interface applications.
中文翻译:
用于传感器的基于普鲁士蓝和液态金属的近红外光促进自修复光热传导聚碳酸酯弹性体
由于可拉伸电子和软机器人领域的迫切需求,具有弹性、导电性和自修复性能的复合弹性体引起了极大的兴趣。但自修复性能与填料用量是矛盾的。在此,我们通过将EGaIn液滴和普鲁士蓝纳米颗粒(PBNPs)均匀分散在全新的弹性体中,将三亚甲基碳酸酯和5-三亚甲基碳酸酯开环聚合得到的线性聚合物交联,开发出一种新型导电自修复复合弹性体。由聚乙二醇和氯化铝引发的甲基-5-羧基三亚甲基碳酸酯。FT-IR和XPS证实,复合弹性体的交联网络由铝和羧基之间剪切的氢键和配位键组成,并通过DFT计算揭示了配位过程。该弹性体具有优异的光热转换性能、导热性(1.207 W/mK)、导电性(202.34 S·m -1)和满足应用要求的良好拉伸性能。良好的光热性能使弹性体在近红外辐射(90.3%)下能够快速自修复,并加速弹性体的形状恢复。作为传感器,该弹性体表现出良好的灵敏度,能够监测人体动作并识别手写体。这种可自修复的导电弹性体在抗损伤柔性传感器和人机界面应用领域具有巨大潜力。