弹性微相分离产生强大的双连续材料.
Carla Fernández-Rico1, Sanjay Schreiber1, Hamza Oudich2
1Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Nature materials
|October 26, 2023
概括
弹性微相分离 (EMPS) 为制造双连续材料提供了一种新方法. 该技术使用矩阵刚度来控制微结构大小,为批量制造提供了强大的替代方案.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 聚合物科学 聚合物科学
- 软物质物理学 软物质物理学
背景情况:
- 双连续的微结构在自然和合成系统中至关重要.
- 现有的合成方法包括停止相分离和块共聚合物自组装.
研究的目的:
- 引入弹性微相分离 (EMPS) 作为合成双连续微结构的新方法.
- 证明EMPS是用于材料制造的热力学稳固和多功能方法.
主要方法:
- 在EMPS中,分子脱力与大规模弹性保持平衡.
- 材料是通过用液体对弹性质矩阵进行超和而形成的.
- 微结构长度尺度是根据矩阵刚度调整的.
主要成果:
- EMPS生产具有控制长度尺度的均双连续材料.
- 这个过程是一个连续的,可逆的相位过渡,没有hysteresis.
- 制造材料表现出优越的机械性能,受控的异构性和微观结构梯度.
结论:
- EMPS为批量制造同质双连续材料提供了强大而通用的替代方案.
- 这种方法可以精确控制微观结构特征和材料特性.
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