Constructing Electrically and Mechanically Self-Healing Elastomers by Hydrogen Bonded Intermolecular Network

One key limitation of artificial skin-like materials is the shortened service life caused by mechanical damages during practical applications. The ability to self-heal can effectively extend the material service life, reduce the maintenance cost, and ensure safety. Therefore, it is important and nec...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 36(2020), 12 vom: 31. März, Seite 3029-3037
1. Verfasser: Yang, Ruiyu (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Yao, Yujin, Duan, Zaihua, Yuan, Zhen, Tai, Huiling, Jiang, Yadong, Zheng, Yonghao, Wang, Dongsheng
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Zusammenfassung:One key limitation of artificial skin-like materials is the shortened service life caused by mechanical damages during practical applications. The ability to self-heal can effectively extend the material service life, reduce the maintenance cost, and ensure safety. Therefore, it is important and necessary to fabricate materials with simultaneously mechanical and electrical self-healing behavior in a facile and convenient way. Herein, we report a stretchable and conductive self-healing elastomer based on intermolecular networks between poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) through a facile and convenient postreduction and one-pot method. The introduction of rGO provides the PAA-GO elastomers with good mechanical stability and electrical properties. Moreover, this material exhibited both electrical and mechanical self-healing properties. After cutting, the elastomers self-healed quickly (∼30 s) and efficiently (∼95%) at room temperature. The elastomers were accurate and reliable in detecting external strain even after healing. The elastomers were further applied for strain sensors, which were attached directly to human skin to monitor external movements, including finger bending and wrist twisting
Beschreibung:Date Completed 30.07.2020
Date Revised 30.07.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00221