Abstract
Although multi-responsive materials have the potential to revolutionize a wide spectrum of technologies, the design of systems that combine a range of responses to a variety of different external changes without the associated property trade-offs has remained elusive. We herein demonstrate a new family of multi-responsive nanocomposites that leverage the dynamic and reversible nature of electrostatic interactions present in ionic systems with the reinforcement ability of nanoparticles in nanocomposites. This new design leads to a unique property profile that combines simultaneous improvements in stiffness, toughness and extensibility. In addition to their exceptional stretchability, the new, ionic nanocomposites exhibit unique strain-dependent behavior (i.e. the deformation increases with increasing strain rate) and return to normal state after deformation including shape-memory and scratching recovery.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 13357-13363 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | J. Mater. Chem. A |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 26 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-C1-018-02
Acknowledgements: J. Odent gratefully thanks the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) for its financial support. J-M. Raquez is research associate from F.R.S.-FNRS (Belgium). We gratefully acknowledge support from NPRP Grant # 5 -1437-1-243 from Qatar National Research Fund. We also acknowledge use of facilities at the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. DMR-1120296 and the support of Award No. KUS-C1-018-02 made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.