Composite Materials: Excellent Nanofiber Adhesion for Hybrid Polymer Materials with High Toughness Based on Matrix Interdiffusion During Chemical Conversion (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2019)
Composite Materials: Excellent Nanofiber Adhesion for Hybrid Polymer Materials with High Toughness Based on Matrix Interdiffusion During Chemical Conversion (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2019)
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复合材料:基于化学转化过程中基体相互扩散的高韧性混合聚合物材料优异的纳米纤维粘合力(Adv. Functiont. Mater. 8/2019)
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10.1002/adfm.201970051
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发表时间:
2019
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19
通讯作者:
K. Clerck
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作者:
L. Daelemans;W. Paepegem;Dagmar R. D’hooge;K. Clerck
One of the challenges for multiphase materials is the improvement of the interconnectivity of their separate phases. A promising route toward excellent adhesion is molecular interdiffusion, in which molecules are transferred to enable physical interaction. In the present work, a novel straightforward and direct method is developed to tune the adhesion between electrospun nanofibers and their matrix, starting from fundamental insights on molecular diffusion and considering in situ chemical formation of one of the polymer phases to effectively regulate interdiffusion. Proof‐of‐concept is provided for the adhesion of a thermoplastic phase (poly(ε‐caprolactone)) to a thermoset matrix (epoxy) during the cured‐induced formation of the latter. For isothermal curing, only an intermediate temperature (50 °C) allows the production of nanofiber hybrid materials with good adhesion between the constituents and preservation of the nanomorphology. Moreover, excellent adhesion properties are obtained in case a two‐step curing (25 °C/80 °C), or coaxial electrospinning (polyamide 6/poly(ε‐caprolactone)) toward core–shell nanomorphologies is applied. Improvements in toughness of the optimized interdiffused materials withGvalues over 600 J m−2(up to 65% improvement) are recorded due to excellent bonding of the thermoplastic nanofibers with the matrix.