Although remarkable progress has been witnessed in mimicking the nacre-like architecture in laboratory,it remains a great challenge for understanding the unique balancing mechanism of toughness and strength in biologi...Although remarkable progress has been witnessed in mimicking the nacre-like architecture in laboratory,it remains a great challenge for understanding the unique balancing mechanism of toughness and strength in biological materials. Here,taking advantage of the synergistic effect of different dimensional nanoscale building blocks,we fabricate nacre-like films that reconcile high strength and toughness.The obtained ternary lamellar composite films are constructed by one-dimensional xonotlite nanowires and two-dimensional montmorillonite nanosheets with the assistance of poly（vinyl alcohol）. The ternary composite films show high strength（（241.8±10.2）MPa） and toughness（（5.85±0.46） MJ m^-3）,both of which are higher than that of the single nanofibrillar xonotlite network films or the binary montmorillonite/poly（vinyl alcohol） composite films. The excellent mechanical properties of the nacre-like ternary composite films are aroused by the synergistic toughening mechanism of the different dimensional building blocks. This strategy provides a facile approach to integrate the nacre-like composite films with potential applications in tissue engineering scaffold,strong air barrier coatings,and fire-retardant packing materials.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51732011 and 21431006)the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21521001)+1 种基金the National Basic Research Program of China (2014CB931800)the Users with Excellence and Scientific Research Grant of Hefei Science Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015HSC-UE007 and 2015SRG-HSC038)
文摘Although remarkable progress has been witnessed in mimicking the nacre-like architecture in laboratory,it remains a great challenge for understanding the unique balancing mechanism of toughness and strength in biological materials. Here,taking advantage of the synergistic effect of different dimensional nanoscale building blocks,we fabricate nacre-like films that reconcile high strength and toughness.The obtained ternary lamellar composite films are constructed by one-dimensional xonotlite nanowires and two-dimensional montmorillonite nanosheets with the assistance of poly（vinyl alcohol）. The ternary composite films show high strength（（241.8±10.2）MPa） and toughness（（5.85±0.46） MJ m^-3）,both of which are higher than that of the single nanofibrillar xonotlite network films or the binary montmorillonite/poly（vinyl alcohol） composite films. The excellent mechanical properties of the nacre-like ternary composite films are aroused by the synergistic toughening mechanism of the different dimensional building blocks. This strategy provides a facile approach to integrate the nacre-like composite films with potential applications in tissue engineering scaffold,strong air barrier coatings,and fire-retardant packing materials.
