Metal fibers have been widely used in many industrial applications due to their unique advantages. In certain applications, such as catalyst supports or orthopedic implants, a rough surface or tiny outshoots on the su...Metal fibers have been widely used in many industrial applications due to their unique advantages. In certain applications, such as catalyst supports or orthopedic implants, a rough surface or tiny outshoots on the surface of metal fibers to increase surface area are needed. However, it has not been concerned about the surface morphologies of metal fiber in the current research of metal fiber manufacturing. In this paper, a special multi-tooth tool composed of a row of triangular tiny teeth is designed. The entire cutting layer of multi-tooth tool bifurcates into several thin cutting layers due to tiny teeth involved in cutting. As a result, several stainless steel fibers with periodic micro-fins are produced simultaneously. Morphology of periodic micro-fins is found to be diverse and can be classified into three categories: unilateral plane, unilateral tapering and bilateral. There are two forming mechanisms for the micro-fins. One is that periodic burrs remained on the free side of cutting layer of a tiny tooth create micro-fins of stainless steel fiber produced by the next neighboring tiny tooth; the other is that the connections between two fibers stuck together come to be micro-fins if the two fibers are finally detached. Influence of cutting conditions on formation of micro-fins is investigated. Experimental results show that cutting depth has no significant effect on micro-fin formation, high cutting speed is conducive to micro-fin formation, and feed should be between 0.12 mm/r and 0.2 mm/r to reliably obtain stainless steel fiber with micro-fins. This research presents a new pattern of stainless steel fiber characterized by periodic micro-fins formed on the edge of fiber and its manufacturing method.展开更多
柔性电子器件相对于传统电子器件,拥有独特的柔性和延展性,能够在一定程度上适应不同的工作环境,满足设备的形变需求。石墨烯是开发柔性电子器件的理想材料。然而,传统的石墨烯加工技术大多涉及高温和化学溶剂,存在着成本高,工艺线路复...柔性电子器件相对于传统电子器件,拥有独特的柔性和延展性,能够在一定程度上适应不同的工作环境,满足设备的形变需求。石墨烯是开发柔性电子器件的理想材料。然而,传统的石墨烯加工技术大多涉及高温和化学溶剂,存在着成本高,工艺线路复杂和环境污染等问题,并不适合未来产业发展。激光直写(Laser direct writing,LDW)技术具有加工速度快,扫描面积大和空间分辨率高等优点,且无需掩模和后处理,在现代工业中广泛应用。最新研究表明,激光直写技术可以从氧化石墨烯、多种聚合物甚至天然材料中衍生出石墨烯,这无疑进一步提升了石墨烯基柔性电子器件的应用潜力。本文对现有激光直写技术制备石墨烯的前驱体进行了归纳分类,并详细介绍了相应的演变过程、加工原理及辅助加工设备,总结了基底转印、表面应变结构、剪纸拓扑结构这三种常见的柔性化制造策略,并重点阐述了其在超级电容器、传感器、纳米发电机和致动器等石墨烯基柔性电子器件中的最新应用,最后对其发展趋势及挑战进行讨论。展开更多
Latest advances have witnessed the laser induction process on polyimide(PI)films for the formation of porous graphene.Herein,a fully converted graphene film was prepared by Nd:YAG laser scribing a gelatin coated PI fi...Latest advances have witnessed the laser induction process on polyimide(PI)films for the formation of porous graphene.Herein,a fully converted graphene film was prepared by Nd:YAG laser scribing a gelatin coated PI film.It was found that the gelatin played the role of"shield"well in absorbing intense laser impact and benefit for the surface morphology modulation.Laser treatment lower than a critical fluence point of~4.00 J mm^(-2) contributed to a crater-like surface morphology due to the dispersed nature of Nd:YAG laser beam.By tuning laser fluence above the threshold,carbonized surface turned into continuous morphology.A fluid dynamics process accompanied by outgassing occurred during the carbonization,and the surface morphology gradually varied from stretched droplets to porous strips and finally to amorphous porous structures.The morphology evolution in combination with surface chemistry is responsible for the significant wettability transition from superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic,and a Janus superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic surface wettability was achieved under a laser fluence of~8.00 J mm^(-2).Eventually,microsupercapacitors(MSCs)were fabricated to show the great potential of our prepared graphene in flexible electronics.展开更多
The recently emerging laser-induced graphene(LIG)technology,with one-step processing and designable features,has been widely used in the fabrication of wearable/portable electronics.Herein,by taking inspiration from k...The recently emerging laser-induced graphene(LIG)technology,with one-step processing and designable features,has been widely used in the fabrication of wearable/portable electronics.Herein,by taking inspiration from kirigami,we designed a stretchable supercapacitor(SC)step by step through controlling laser induction and cutting process on the polyimide(PI)film,with the use of one single CO_(2) laser source.Firstly,the carbonized basic geometric units of lines were produced on PI films to investigate the processing-structure relationships.Then,the complex photothermal conversion and heat transfer progress involved in the carbonized process were simulated by a photothermal model.Both experimental and theoretical results suggested that the laser power,scan rate and focus condition have great influence on the size,shape and morphology of the carbonized lines.Finally,we optimized the parameters of laser induction and cutting process to fabricate the kirigami-inspired SCs with reliable electrochemical properties and editable mechanical flexibility,showing great potential in the field of flexible electronics.展开更多
An easy-to-implement method by which to fabricate superhydrophobic surfaces inspired taro leaf was successfully applied on316 L stainless steel via combining nanosecond laser(NL)processing and spin-coating techniques....An easy-to-implement method by which to fabricate superhydrophobic surfaces inspired taro leaf was successfully applied on316 L stainless steel via combining nanosecond laser(NL)processing and spin-coating techniques.The laser-textured surface composed of microscale frameworks and central bumps was fabricated by NL processing based on properly designed biomimetic patterns,and a layer of nanoscale carbon black/polydimethylsiloxane(CB/PDMS)particles was covered on it by spin-coating.The effect of pattern parameters(i.e.,the inscribed circle radius of framework and the radius of central bump)on wettability of biomimetic surface was investigated.All as-prepared biomimetic surfaces with micro-nano hierarchical structures showed excellent superhydrophobicity with the water contact angle of~155°and contact angle hysteresis of~2°.By comparing the untreated surface,the wetting behavior and evaporation mode of the biomimetic surface occurred an obvious transformation.Meanwhile,experiments indicated that the biomimetic surface not only had liquid-repelling and self-cleaning functions,but also maintained remarkable mechanical robustness and superhydrophobic durability.The method is efficient for fabricating biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces applied to liquid-repelling,evaporation-transforming and self-cleaning fields.展开更多
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer(CFRP)composites with high load-bearing capacity are currently ideal materials in tribological load systems.One of the unique features during the friction process of CFRP/metal is the in...Carbon fiber reinforced polymer(CFRP)composites with high load-bearing capacity are currently ideal materials in tribological load systems.One of the unique features during the friction process of CFRP/metal is the in-situ formation of an ultrathin and uniform transfer film on the metal surface,and the related initial/transfer mechanism is very important but still unclear.Recent studies mainly focus on the one-way transfer process of CFRP to the metal surface,that is,forward transfer;whereas another easily overlooked issue is that the metal material also transfers backward to the CFRP surface.Herein,we firstly prepared carbon fiber/epoxy resin composites(CF/EP)by the hot-pressing method and then carried out friction tests with iron alloy as the control material.The underlying mechanism of the forward/backward transfer process is revealed by controlling the morphological evolution and iron content of the transfer film on worn CF/EP.According to the variation law of friction coefficient with time,the interfacial friction is divided into three different stages,among which the behaviours of“micro-convex contact”and“epoxy exfoliation”occur throughout the whole procedure.We believe this work could provide a meaningful reference for studying the friction behaviour and mechanism,especially the forward and backward transfer between composites/metals,and further broaden its emerging applications in future energy,aerospace and rail transportation.展开更多
The severe shuttle effect problem of soluble polysulfides greatly hinders the development of long-life lithium-sulfur(Li-S)batteries,which can be improved by separator modification.This study develops a bilayer separa...The severe shuttle effect problem of soluble polysulfides greatly hinders the development of long-life lithium-sulfur(Li-S)batteries,which can be improved by separator modification.This study develops a bilayer separator based on an effective surface and structure dual modification strategy.This bilayer separator(named as TCNFs/SPNFs)is constructed by the integration of a carbon-based nanofiber layer(surface modification layer)with a polymer-based nanofiber layer(structure modification layer)through a facile electrospinning process.The excellent electrolyte wettability of the nanofibers accelerates lithium-ion migration,while the good electronic conductivity of the carbon layer facilitates fast electron conduction.The TiO_(2)and SiO_(2)nanoparticles embedded in the separator provide abundant active sites for immobilizing the polysulfides.Owing to these synergistic effects,this multi-functional separator helps inhibit the shuttling problem and thus enhances the active sulfur utilization.The as-prepared battery with the TCNFs/SPNFs separator delivers significantly enhanced the electrochemical performances,producing a low capacity decay rate of 0.061%per cycle at 1 C over 1000 cycles and an admirable rate capacity of 886.7 mAh g^(-1)at 2 C.Even with a high sulfur loading of 4.8 mg cm^(-2),a remarkable areal capacity of 6.0 mAh cm^(-2)is attained.This work is believed to provide a promising strategy to develop novel separators for high-performance Li-S batteries.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51375176)Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.2014A030313264)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,SCUT,China(Grant No.2013ZZ017)
文摘Metal fibers have been widely used in many industrial applications due to their unique advantages. In certain applications, such as catalyst supports or orthopedic implants, a rough surface or tiny outshoots on the surface of metal fibers to increase surface area are needed. However, it has not been concerned about the surface morphologies of metal fiber in the current research of metal fiber manufacturing. In this paper, a special multi-tooth tool composed of a row of triangular tiny teeth is designed. The entire cutting layer of multi-tooth tool bifurcates into several thin cutting layers due to tiny teeth involved in cutting. As a result, several stainless steel fibers with periodic micro-fins are produced simultaneously. Morphology of periodic micro-fins is found to be diverse and can be classified into three categories: unilateral plane, unilateral tapering and bilateral. There are two forming mechanisms for the micro-fins. One is that periodic burrs remained on the free side of cutting layer of a tiny tooth create micro-fins of stainless steel fiber produced by the next neighboring tiny tooth; the other is that the connections between two fibers stuck together come to be micro-fins if the two fibers are finally detached. Influence of cutting conditions on formation of micro-fins is investigated. Experimental results show that cutting depth has no significant effect on micro-fin formation, high cutting speed is conducive to micro-fin formation, and feed should be between 0.12 mm/r and 0.2 mm/r to reliably obtain stainless steel fiber with micro-fins. This research presents a new pattern of stainless steel fiber characterized by periodic micro-fins formed on the edge of fiber and its manufacturing method.
文摘柔性电子器件相对于传统电子器件,拥有独特的柔性和延展性,能够在一定程度上适应不同的工作环境,满足设备的形变需求。石墨烯是开发柔性电子器件的理想材料。然而,传统的石墨烯加工技术大多涉及高温和化学溶剂,存在着成本高,工艺线路复杂和环境污染等问题,并不适合未来产业发展。激光直写(Laser direct writing,LDW)技术具有加工速度快,扫描面积大和空间分辨率高等优点,且无需掩模和后处理,在现代工业中广泛应用。最新研究表明,激光直写技术可以从氧化石墨烯、多种聚合物甚至天然材料中衍生出石墨烯,这无疑进一步提升了石墨烯基柔性电子器件的应用潜力。本文对现有激光直写技术制备石墨烯的前驱体进行了归纳分类,并详细介绍了相应的演变过程、加工原理及辅助加工设备,总结了基底转印、表面应变结构、剪纸拓扑结构这三种常见的柔性化制造策略,并重点阐述了其在超级电容器、传感器、纳米发电机和致动器等石墨烯基柔性电子器件中的最新应用,最后对其发展趋势及挑战进行讨论。
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51775197)the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2018A050506007)the Guangzhou Science and Technology Program Project(Grant No.201704020090)。
文摘Latest advances have witnessed the laser induction process on polyimide(PI)films for the formation of porous graphene.Herein,a fully converted graphene film was prepared by Nd:YAG laser scribing a gelatin coated PI film.It was found that the gelatin played the role of"shield"well in absorbing intense laser impact and benefit for the surface morphology modulation.Laser treatment lower than a critical fluence point of~4.00 J mm^(-2) contributed to a crater-like surface morphology due to the dispersed nature of Nd:YAG laser beam.By tuning laser fluence above the threshold,carbonized surface turned into continuous morphology.A fluid dynamics process accompanied by outgassing occurred during the carbonization,and the surface morphology gradually varied from stretched droplets to porous strips and finally to amorphous porous structures.The morphology evolution in combination with surface chemistry is responsible for the significant wettability transition from superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic,and a Janus superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic surface wettability was achieved under a laser fluence of~8.00 J mm^(-2).Eventually,microsupercapacitors(MSCs)were fabricated to show the great potential of our prepared graphene in flexible electronics.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51775197)the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2018A050506007)the Guangzhou Science and Technology Program Project(Grant No.201704020090)。
文摘The recently emerging laser-induced graphene(LIG)technology,with one-step processing and designable features,has been widely used in the fabrication of wearable/portable electronics.Herein,by taking inspiration from kirigami,we designed a stretchable supercapacitor(SC)step by step through controlling laser induction and cutting process on the polyimide(PI)film,with the use of one single CO_(2) laser source.Firstly,the carbonized basic geometric units of lines were produced on PI films to investigate the processing-structure relationships.Then,the complex photothermal conversion and heat transfer progress involved in the carbonized process were simulated by a photothermal model.Both experimental and theoretical results suggested that the laser power,scan rate and focus condition have great influence on the size,shape and morphology of the carbonized lines.Finally,we optimized the parameters of laser induction and cutting process to fabricate the kirigami-inspired SCs with reliable electrochemical properties and editable mechanical flexibility,showing great potential in the field of flexible electronics.
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2019YFE0126300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51775197)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2019A1515011530)。
文摘An easy-to-implement method by which to fabricate superhydrophobic surfaces inspired taro leaf was successfully applied on316 L stainless steel via combining nanosecond laser(NL)processing and spin-coating techniques.The laser-textured surface composed of microscale frameworks and central bumps was fabricated by NL processing based on properly designed biomimetic patterns,and a layer of nanoscale carbon black/polydimethylsiloxane(CB/PDMS)particles was covered on it by spin-coating.The effect of pattern parameters(i.e.,the inscribed circle radius of framework and the radius of central bump)on wettability of biomimetic surface was investigated.All as-prepared biomimetic surfaces with micro-nano hierarchical structures showed excellent superhydrophobicity with the water contact angle of~155°and contact angle hysteresis of~2°.By comparing the untreated surface,the wetting behavior and evaporation mode of the biomimetic surface occurred an obvious transformation.Meanwhile,experiments indicated that the biomimetic surface not only had liquid-repelling and self-cleaning functions,but also maintained remarkable mechanical robustness and superhydrophobic durability.The method is efficient for fabricating biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces applied to liquid-repelling,evaporation-transforming and self-cleaning fields.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,China (Grant No. 2021B1515020087)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51775197)。
文摘Carbon fiber reinforced polymer(CFRP)composites with high load-bearing capacity are currently ideal materials in tribological load systems.One of the unique features during the friction process of CFRP/metal is the in-situ formation of an ultrathin and uniform transfer film on the metal surface,and the related initial/transfer mechanism is very important but still unclear.Recent studies mainly focus on the one-way transfer process of CFRP to the metal surface,that is,forward transfer;whereas another easily overlooked issue is that the metal material also transfers backward to the CFRP surface.Herein,we firstly prepared carbon fiber/epoxy resin composites(CF/EP)by the hot-pressing method and then carried out friction tests with iron alloy as the control material.The underlying mechanism of the forward/backward transfer process is revealed by controlling the morphological evolution and iron content of the transfer film on worn CF/EP.According to the variation law of friction coefficient with time,the interfacial friction is divided into three different stages,among which the behaviours of“micro-convex contact”and“epoxy exfoliation”occur throughout the whole procedure.We believe this work could provide a meaningful reference for studying the friction behaviour and mechanism,especially the forward and backward transfer between composites/metals,and further broaden its emerging applications in future energy,aerospace and rail transportation.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51975218 and U22A20193)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2021A1515010642)+3 种基金Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Innovation Project of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2021A0505110002)Guangdong-Foshan Joint Foundation(Grant No.2021B1515120031)the Innovation Group Project of Foshan(Grant No.2120001010816)the S&T Innovation Projects of Zhuhai City(Grant No.ZH01110405180034PWC)。
文摘The severe shuttle effect problem of soluble polysulfides greatly hinders the development of long-life lithium-sulfur(Li-S)batteries,which can be improved by separator modification.This study develops a bilayer separator based on an effective surface and structure dual modification strategy.This bilayer separator(named as TCNFs/SPNFs)is constructed by the integration of a carbon-based nanofiber layer(surface modification layer)with a polymer-based nanofiber layer(structure modification layer)through a facile electrospinning process.The excellent electrolyte wettability of the nanofibers accelerates lithium-ion migration,while the good electronic conductivity of the carbon layer facilitates fast electron conduction.The TiO_(2)and SiO_(2)nanoparticles embedded in the separator provide abundant active sites for immobilizing the polysulfides.Owing to these synergistic effects,this multi-functional separator helps inhibit the shuttling problem and thus enhances the active sulfur utilization.The as-prepared battery with the TCNFs/SPNFs separator delivers significantly enhanced the electrochemical performances,producing a low capacity decay rate of 0.061%per cycle at 1 C over 1000 cycles and an admirable rate capacity of 886.7 mAh g^(-1)at 2 C.Even with a high sulfur loading of 4.8 mg cm^(-2),a remarkable areal capacity of 6.0 mAh cm^(-2)is attained.This work is believed to provide a promising strategy to develop novel separators for high-performance Li-S batteries.