Bioinspired supertough graphene fiber through sequential interfacial interactions.
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Natural nacre exhibits extraordinary functional and structural diversity, combining high strength and toughness. The mechanical properties of nacre are attributed to (i) a highly arranged hierarchical layered structure of inorganic minerals (95 vol %) containing a small amount only of organic materials (5 vol %), (ii) abundant synergistic interfacial interactions, and (iii) formation under ambient temperature. Herein, inspired by these three design principles originating from natural nacre, the supertough bioinspired graphene-based nanocomposite fibers (BGNFs) are prepared under room temperature via sequential interfacial interactions of ionic bonding and π-π interactions. The resultant synergistic effect leads to a super toughness of 18.7 MJ m-3 as well as a high tensile strength of 740.1 MPa. In addition, the electrical conductivity of these supertough BGNFs is as high as 384.3 S cm-1. They can retain almost 80% of this conductivity even after 1000 cycles of loading-unloading testing, which makes these BGNFs promising candidates for application in flexible and stable electrical devices, such as strain sensors and actuators.
Date Issued
2018-07-18
Date Acceptance
2018-07-18
Citation
ACS Nano, 2018, 12 (9), pp.8901-8908
ISSN
1936-0851
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
8901
End Page
8908
Journal / Book Title
ACS Nano
Volume
12
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
© 2018 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Yuanyuan Zhang, Jingsong Peng, Mingzhu Li, Eduardo Saiz, Stephan E. Wolf, and Qunfeng Cheng
ACS Nano 2018 12 (9), 8901-8908, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b04322
ACS Nano 2018 12 (9), 8901-8908, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b04322
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30021062
Subjects
bioinspired
graphene fibers
interfacial interactions
sequential
tough
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2018-07-18