Functionalization of polymer foams by surface coating is of great interest for advanced flow-interactive materials working with well-controlled 3D open channels.However,realizing heavy functional coating via a fast an...Functionalization of polymer foams by surface coating is of great interest for advanced flow-interactive materials working with well-controlled 3D open channels.However,realizing heavy functional coating via a fast and recyclable way remains a big challenge.Here,inspired by the battery electrodes,we propose a scalable mechanic-assisted heavy coating strategy based on the design of sticky jammed fluid(SJF)to conquer the above challenge.Similar to the electrode slurry,the SJF is dominated by a high concentration of active material(≥20 wt%of active carbon,for instance)uniformly dispersed in a protein binder solution.Due to the sticky and solidrich nature of the SJF,one can realize a high coating efficiency of 60 wt%gain per coating.The critical factors controlling the coating processing and quality are further identified and discussed.Furthermore,the functionalized foam is demonstrated as a high-performance shape-customizable toxic gas remover,which can absorb formaldehyde very efficiently at different circumstances,including static adsorption,flow-based filtration,and source interception.Finally,the foam skeleton and the active materials are easily recycled by a facile solvent treatment.This study may inspire new scalable way for fast,heavy,and customizable functionalization of polymeric foams.展开更多
Lightweight,high-efficiency and low reflection electromagnetic interference(EMI)shielding polymer composites are greatly desired for addressing the challenge of ever-increasing electromagnetic pollution.Lightweight la...Lightweight,high-efficiency and low reflection electromagnetic interference(EMI)shielding polymer composites are greatly desired for addressing the challenge of ever-increasing electromagnetic pollution.Lightweight layered foam/film PVDF nanocomposites with efficient EMI shielding effectiveness and ultralow reflection power were fabricated by physical foaming.The unique layered foam/film structure was composed of PVDF/SiCnw/MXene(Ti_(3)C_(2)Tx)composite foam as absorption layer and highly conductive PVDF/MWCNT/GnPs composite film as a reflection layer.The foam layer with numerous heterogeneous interfaces developed between the SiC nanowires(SiCnw)and 2D MXene nanosheets imparted superior EM wave attenuation capability.Furthermore,the microcellular structure effectively tuned the impedance matching and prolonged the wave propagating path by internal scattering and multiple reflections.Meanwhile,the highly conductive PVDF/MWCNT/GnPs composite(~220 S m^(−1))exhibited superior reflectivity(R)of 0.95.The tailored structure in the layered foam/film PVDF nanocomposite exhibited an EMI SE of 32.6 dB and a low reflection bandwidth of 4 GHz(R<0.1)over the Kuband(12.4-18.0 GHz)at a thickness of 1.95 mm.A peak SER of 3.1×10^(-4) dB was obtained which corresponds to only 0.0022% reflection efficiency.In consequence,this study introduces a feasible approach to develop lightweight,high-efficiency EMI shielding materials with ultralow reflection for emerging applications.展开更多
Foaming of polymers with CO2 has attracted increasing attention in polymer processing studies. Some of the fundamental properties of polymer/CO2 systems is discussed in this short review, including solubility and diff...Foaming of polymers with CO2 has attracted increasing attention in polymer processing studies. Some of the fundamental properties of polymer/CO2 systems is discussed in this short review, including solubility and diffusivity of CO2 in the polymer, polymer crystallization, interfacial tension between the polymer and the gas, and rheology of the CO2/polymers melt. These properties understandably affect the foaming process, and the structures of the foam products. Meanwhile, these properties can be changed via manipulation of CO2 in polymer. The proposed idea is to manipulate the foaming process and the foam structure by CO2-induced changes in these properties. Two cases from the authors＇ laboratory are presented for elucidating how to use the changes to manipulate the foaming process.展开更多
Most of traditional linear poly(ethylene terephthalate)(PET)resins of relatively low molecular mass and narrow molecular mass distribution have low melt strength at foaming temperatures,which are not enough to support...Most of traditional linear poly(ethylene terephthalate)(PET)resins of relatively low molecular mass and narrow molecular mass distribution have low melt strength at foaming temperatures,which are not enough to support and keep cells.An in-situ polymerization-modification process with esterification and polycondensation stages was performed in a 2 L batch stirred reactor using pyromellitic dianhydride(PMDA)or pentaerythritol(PENTA)as modifying monomers to obtain PETs with high melt strength.The influence of amounts of modifying monomers on the properties of modified PET was investigated.It was found that the selected modifying monomers could effectively introduce branched structures into the modified PETs and improve their melt strength.With increasing the amount of the modifying monomer,the melt strength of the modified PET increased.But when the amount of PENTA reached 0.35%or PMDA reached 0.9%,crosslinking phenomenon was observed in the modified PET.Supercritical carbon dioxide(ScCO2)was employed as physical foaming agent to evaluate the foaming ability of modified PETs.The modified PETs had good foaming properties at 14 MPa of CO2pressure with foaming temperature ranging from 265°C to 280°C.SEM micrographs demonstrated that both modified PET foams had homogeneous cellular structures,with cell diameter ranging from 35μm to 49μm for PENTA modified PETs and38μm to 57μm for PMDA modified ones.Correspondingly,the cell density had a range of 3.5×107cells·cm 3to 7×106cells·cm 3for the former and 2.8×107cells·cm 3to 5.8×106cells·cm 3for the latter.展开更多
Polypyrrole/polyvinylalcohol（PPy/PVA） foam was prepared by direct foam polymerization in water and then it was coated on the indium-tin oxide transparent conductive glass（ITO） to form conventional three-electrode ...Polypyrrole/polyvinylalcohol（PPy/PVA） foam was prepared by direct foam polymerization in water and then it was coated on the indium-tin oxide transparent conductive glass（ITO） to form conventional three-electrode cell.FTIR and UV-vis spectra were adopted to characterize the molecular structure and the absorption spectra of foam material,respectively.The porous structure of PPy/PVA foams and their photoelectric conversion behaviors were studied.The dimension of the pores is bigger than 100μm in diameter.Compared with the smooth film,the V_（oc） and I_（sc） of the foam film enhanced by 1.58-fold and 5.59-fold,respectively.展开更多
以甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)为单体、过氧化苯甲酰(BPO)和N,N-二甲基苯胺(DMA)组成的氧化-还原体系为引发剂,采用85℃预聚、24℃后聚和120℃处理工艺进行自由基本体聚合制备了聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)。研究DMA用量、BPO与DMA配比对PMMA透光...以甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)为单体、过氧化苯甲酰(BPO)和N,N-二甲基苯胺(DMA)组成的氧化-还原体系为引发剂,采用85℃预聚、24℃后聚和120℃处理工艺进行自由基本体聚合制备了聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)。研究DMA用量、BPO与DMA配比对PMMA透光率、硬度、强度和热分解温度的影响。研究发现,DMA可明显改善PMMA的力学性能和热学性能,降低其透光率,但不影响透明度。结果表明,当DMA用量3%、BPO与DMA配比0.53∶1时,PMMA硬度为94HD、抗弯强度为66.8 MPa、冲击强度为13.2 k J/m2、初始分解温度为273℃、结束分解温度为404.8℃,380～800 nm的平均透光率为82%以上,综合性能最优。并应用设定的聚合工艺和优化的配方,在低温低压条件下,制备出微米孔结构PMMA,为聚合物微发泡提供了一种新的制备方法。展开更多
基金sponsored by the Double First-Class Construction Funds of Sichuan University and National Natural Science Foundation of China(NNSFC)financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NNSFC grants 51873126,51422305,and 51721091).
文摘Functionalization of polymer foams by surface coating is of great interest for advanced flow-interactive materials working with well-controlled 3D open channels.However,realizing heavy functional coating via a fast and recyclable way remains a big challenge.Here,inspired by the battery electrodes,we propose a scalable mechanic-assisted heavy coating strategy based on the design of sticky jammed fluid(SJF)to conquer the above challenge.Similar to the electrode slurry,the SJF is dominated by a high concentration of active material(≥20 wt%of active carbon,for instance)uniformly dispersed in a protein binder solution.Due to the sticky and solidrich nature of the SJF,one can realize a high coating efficiency of 60 wt%gain per coating.The critical factors controlling the coating processing and quality are further identified and discussed.Furthermore,the functionalized foam is demonstrated as a high-performance shape-customizable toxic gas remover,which can absorb formaldehyde very efficiently at different circumstances,including static adsorption,flow-based filtration,and source interception.Finally,the foam skeleton and the active materials are easily recycled by a facile solvent treatment.This study may inspire new scalable way for fast,heavy,and customizable functionalization of polymeric foams.
基金the financial support of NSERC(Discovery Grant RGPIN-2015-03985).
文摘Lightweight,high-efficiency and low reflection electromagnetic interference(EMI)shielding polymer composites are greatly desired for addressing the challenge of ever-increasing electromagnetic pollution.Lightweight layered foam/film PVDF nanocomposites with efficient EMI shielding effectiveness and ultralow reflection power were fabricated by physical foaming.The unique layered foam/film structure was composed of PVDF/SiCnw/MXene(Ti_(3)C_(2)Tx)composite foam as absorption layer and highly conductive PVDF/MWCNT/GnPs composite film as a reflection layer.The foam layer with numerous heterogeneous interfaces developed between the SiC nanowires(SiCnw)and 2D MXene nanosheets imparted superior EM wave attenuation capability.Furthermore,the microcellular structure effectively tuned the impedance matching and prolonged the wave propagating path by internal scattering and multiple reflections.Meanwhile,the highly conductive PVDF/MWCNT/GnPs composite(~220 S m^(−1))exhibited superior reflectivity(R)of 0.95.The tailored structure in the layered foam/film PVDF nanocomposite exhibited an EMI SE of 32.6 dB and a low reflection bandwidth of 4 GHz(R<0.1)over the Kuband(12.4-18.0 GHz)at a thickness of 1.95 mm.A peak SER of 3.1×10^(-4) dB was obtained which corresponds to only 0.0022% reflection efficiency.In consequence,this study introduces a feasible approach to develop lightweight,high-efficiency EMI shielding materials with ultralow reflection for emerging applications.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.50703011,20976045,20976046)Shanghai Shuguang Project(08SG28)+1 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in Universitythe 111 Project(B08021)
文摘Foaming of polymers with CO2 has attracted increasing attention in polymer processing studies. Some of the fundamental properties of polymer/CO2 systems is discussed in this short review, including solubility and diffusivity of CO2 in the polymer, polymer crystallization, interfacial tension between the polymer and the gas, and rheology of the CO2/polymers melt. These properties understandably affect the foaming process, and the structures of the foam products. Meanwhile, these properties can be changed via manipulation of CO2 in polymer. The proposed idea is to manipulate the foaming process and the foam structure by CO2-induced changes in these properties. Two cases from the authors＇ laboratory are presented for elucidating how to use the changes to manipulate the foaming process.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China（21176070） the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China（2012AA040211）+2 种基金 the Joint Research Project of Yangtze River Delta（12195810900） the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education（20120074120019） the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘Most of traditional linear poly(ethylene terephthalate)(PET)resins of relatively low molecular mass and narrow molecular mass distribution have low melt strength at foaming temperatures,which are not enough to support and keep cells.An in-situ polymerization-modification process with esterification and polycondensation stages was performed in a 2 L batch stirred reactor using pyromellitic dianhydride(PMDA)or pentaerythritol(PENTA)as modifying monomers to obtain PETs with high melt strength.The influence of amounts of modifying monomers on the properties of modified PET was investigated.It was found that the selected modifying monomers could effectively introduce branched structures into the modified PETs and improve their melt strength.With increasing the amount of the modifying monomer,the melt strength of the modified PET increased.But when the amount of PENTA reached 0.35%or PMDA reached 0.9%,crosslinking phenomenon was observed in the modified PET.Supercritical carbon dioxide(ScCO2)was employed as physical foaming agent to evaluate the foaming ability of modified PETs.The modified PETs had good foaming properties at 14 MPa of CO2pressure with foaming temperature ranging from 265°C to 280°C.SEM micrographs demonstrated that both modified PET foams had homogeneous cellular structures,with cell diameter ranging from 35μm to 49μm for PENTA modified PETs and38μm to 57μm for PMDA modified ones.Correspondingly,the cell density had a range of 3.5×107cells·cm 3to 7×106cells·cm 3for the former and 2.8×107cells·cm 3to 5.8×106cells·cm 3for the latter.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20773142,50533030)the National Research Fund for Fundamental Key Project(No.2006CB806200,2006CB932100 and 2007CB936403)863 project(No.2007AA032348 and 2008AA05Z308).
文摘Polypyrrole/polyvinylalcohol（PPy/PVA） foam was prepared by direct foam polymerization in water and then it was coated on the indium-tin oxide transparent conductive glass（ITO） to form conventional three-electrode cell.FTIR and UV-vis spectra were adopted to characterize the molecular structure and the absorption spectra of foam material,respectively.The porous structure of PPy/PVA foams and their photoelectric conversion behaviors were studied.The dimension of the pores is bigger than 100μm in diameter.Compared with the smooth film,the V_（oc） and I_（sc） of the foam film enhanced by 1.58-fold and 5.59-fold,respectively.
文摘以甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)为单体、过氧化苯甲酰(BPO)和N,N-二甲基苯胺(DMA)组成的氧化-还原体系为引发剂,采用85℃预聚、24℃后聚和120℃处理工艺进行自由基本体聚合制备了聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)。研究DMA用量、BPO与DMA配比对PMMA透光率、硬度、强度和热分解温度的影响。研究发现,DMA可明显改善PMMA的力学性能和热学性能,降低其透光率,但不影响透明度。结果表明,当DMA用量3%、BPO与DMA配比0.53∶1时,PMMA硬度为94HD、抗弯强度为66.8 MPa、冲击强度为13.2 k J/m2、初始分解温度为273℃、结束分解温度为404.8℃,380～800 nm的平均透光率为82%以上,综合性能最优。并应用设定的聚合工艺和优化的配方,在低温低压条件下,制备出微米孔结构PMMA,为聚合物微发泡提供了一种新的制备方法。
