Combined High Stretchability and Gas Barrier in Hydrogen-Bonded Multilayer Nanobrick Wall Thin Films

Qin, Shuang; Song, Yixuan; Floto, Michael E.; Grunlan, Jaime C.

doi:10.1021/acsami.7b00844

Cited by 43 publications

(40 citation statements)

References 31 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Layer‐by‐layer (LbL) assembly is a nanocoating technique that has been used to construct functional thin films for gas barrier and gas separation coatings, energy storage and conversion, drug delivery, and adhesives . By alternately depositing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes and/or clay platelets onto a charged substrate, thin films are assembled with high clay concentration and alignment .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Super Gas Barrier and Fire Resistance of Nanoplatelet/Nanofibril Multilayer Thin Films

Qin¹,

Pour

Lazar³

et al. 2018

Adv Materials Inter

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

of their colloidal stability, mechanical strength, high specific surface area, and thermal stability, [2][3][4][5][6] which have been used to produce transparent paper, biodegradable packaging, complex aerogels, and as the reinforcing phase in composites. [2,4,7,8] Despite all of its beneficial properties, cellulose exhibits poor flame resistance and gas barrier properties. [9,10] Improved barrier, mechanical, and flame resistant properties have been reported when montmorillonite clay (MMT) is used as a reinforcing agent in cellulose-based films. [11][12][13] The performance of polymer-clay barrier films is determined primarily by the clay characteristics (e.g., aspect ratio and density) and dispersion properties (i.e., clay exfoliation and orientation). For cellulose/clay composites, different methods to increase the interaction between clay and cellulose have been reported, including TEMPO-oxidation and by adding poly(vinyl alcohol) or chitosan (CH) as a compatibilizer. [14][15][16] Recently, cationic CNF with a quaternary ammonium functionality has been reported. [17] It was shown that the ionic interaction between the cationic CNF and MMT results in better mechanical properties of the composite, but further improvement is limited due to the formation of nanovoids as well as relatively low clay loading. [12,18] Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly is a nanocoating technique that has been used to construct functional thin films for gas barrier and gas separation coatings, [19,20] energy storage and conversion, [21,22] drug delivery, [23] and adhesives. [24] By alternately depositing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes and/or clay platelets onto a charged substrate, thin films are assembled with high clay concentration and alignment. [25] In the present study, multilayer films consisting of anionic vermiculite (VMT) clay, with a high aspect ratio (≈2000), and cationic cellulose nanofibrils were investigated. This unique combination of highly aligned VMT platelets and cellulose nanofibrils forms a nanobrick wall structure with high transparency, excellent oxygen barrier, and fire resistance (superior to any other cellulose-based film previously reported). A 20 bilayer (BL) CNF/VMT nanocoating, with a thickness of 136 nm, exhibits a low oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of 0.013 cc (m 2 day atm) -1 . With only 2 BL of CNF/VMT, the melting of flexible polyurethane (PU) foam is prevented when exposed to a butane torch flame. These nanocoatings also exhibit high elastic modulus Cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) are abundant in the fiber cell walls of many plants and are considered a nearly inexhaustible resource. With the goal of improving the flame resistance and gas barrier properties of cellulose-based films, cationic CNF are assembled with anionic vermiculite (VMT) clay using the layer-by-layer deposition process. The highly aligned VMT nanoplatelets, together with cellulose nanofibrils, form a nanobrick wall structure that exhibits high optical transparency, flame resistance, super oxygen barrier, and high modulus. A 20 CNF/VMT...

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Super Gas Barrier and Fire Resistance of Nanoplatelet/Nanofibril Multilayer Thin Films

Qin¹,

Pour

Lazar³

et al. 2018

Adv Materials Inter

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…6 For this reason, a mixture of GO and other materials such as polymer or nano clay which can be laminated by a non-vacuum process has seen increased interest as a good alternative to standard vacuum-processed inorganic layers. [7][8][9] In this study, a exible gas-barrier thin lm is fabricated using the layer-bylayer (LBL) deposition method, based on graphene oxide, nano clay materials of Na + -montmorillonite (MMT) and the two polymers of polydiallydimethylammonium chloride (PDDA) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA). [10][11][12] Nanoclay layers can be fabricated through LBL assembly processing.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fabrication of graphene oxide/montmorillonite nanocomposite flexible thin films with improved gas-barrier properties

Kim

Kang

et al. 2018

RSC Adv.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The combined formation of elastomeric blends (PEO/PAA layers) and extended conjugated DWNT networks resulted in high electrical properties at high strain levels of 30% ( Figure 6). The elastomeric matrix, PEO/PAA layers, could help distribute the stress more uniformly, helping electric contacts between the carbon nanofillers [67,71]. When stretched, the stress imposed by external strains could be mitigated through bond slip and reorientation along the polymers' and carbon nanofillers' interfaces [72].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Organic Thermoelectric Multilayers with High Stretchiness

Cho

Son

2019

Nanomaterials

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A stretchable organic thermoelectric multilayer is achieved by alternately depositing bilayers (BL) of 0.1 wt% polyethylene oxide (PEO) and 0.03 wt% double walled carbon nanotubes (DWNT), dispersed with 0.1 wt% polyacrylic acid (PAA), by the layer-by-layer assembly technique. A 25 BL thin film (~500 nm thick), composed of a PEO/DWNT-PAA sequence, displays electrical conductivity of 19.6 S/cm and a Seebeck coefficient of 60 µV/K, which results in a power factor of 7.1 µW/m·K2. The resultant nanocomposite exhibits a crack-free surface up to 30% strain and retains its thermoelectric performance, decreasing only 10% relative to the unstretched one. Even after 1000 cycles of bending and twisting, the thermoelectric behavior of this nanocomposite is stable. The synergistic combination of the elastomeric mechanical properties (originated from PEO/PAA systems) and thermoelectric behaviors (resulting from a three-dimensional conjugated network of DWNT) opens up the possibility of achieving various applications such as wearable electronics and sensors that require high mechanical compliance.

show abstract

Combined High Stretchability and Gas Barrier in Hydrogen-Bonded Multilayer Nanobrick Wall Thin Films

Cited by 43 publications

References 31 publications

Super Gas Barrier and Fire Resistance of Nanoplatelet/Nanofibril Multilayer Thin Films

Super Gas Barrier and Fire Resistance of Nanoplatelet/Nanofibril Multilayer Thin Films

Fabrication of graphene oxide/montmorillonite nanocomposite flexible thin films with improved gas-barrier properties

Organic Thermoelectric Multilayers with High Stretchiness

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About