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Baur E, Tiberghien B, Amstad E. 3D Printing of Double Network Granular Elastomers with Locally Varying Mechanical Properties. Adv Mater 2024:e2313189. [PMID: 38530246 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202313189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Fast advances in the design of soft actuators and robots demand for new soft materials whose mechanical properties can be changed over short length scales. Elastomers can be formulated as highly stretchable or rather stiff materials and hence, are attractive for these applications. They are most frequently cast such that their composition cannot be changed over short length scales. A method that allows to locally change the composition of elastomers on hundreds of micrometer lengths scales is direct ink writing (DIW). Unfortunately, in the absence of rheomodifiers, most elastomer precursors cannot be printed through DIW. Here, 3D printable double network granular elastomers (DNGEs) whose ultimate tensile strain and stiffness can be varied over an unprecedented range are introduced. The 3D printability of these materials is leveraged to produce an elastomer finger containing rigid bones that are surrounded by a soft skin. Similarly, the rheological properties of the microparticle-based precursors are leveraged to cast elastomer slabs with locally varying stiffnesses that deform and twist in a predefined fashion. These DNGEs are foreseen to open up new avenues in the design of the next generation of smart wearables, strain sensors, prosthesis, soft actuators, and robots.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eva Baur
- Soft Materials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
- National Center of Competence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland
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- Soft Materials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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- Soft Materials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
- National Center of Competence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland
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Chen Y, Dai J, Shen X, Shan J, Cao Y, Chen T, Ying H, Zhu C, Li M. Xylan cinnamoylation for reinforcing poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate): Molecule design and interaction optimization. Carbohydr Polym 2024; 326:121592. [PMID: 38142090 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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PBAT composites with biomass fillers have gained considerable attention as alternatives to non-biodegradable plastics. This work employed xylan derivatives as fillers for PBAT composites. Xylan was modified by introducing cinnamoyl side groups which limit the hydrogen bonding and construct π-π stacking interactions with PBAT chains. The resultant xylan cinnamates (XCi) show degree of substitution (DS) of 0.55-1.89, glass-transition temperatures (Tg) of 146.5-175.0 °C and increased hydrophobicity, which can be simply controlled by varying the molar ratio of reactants. NMR results demonstrate that the C3-OH of xylopyranosyl unit is more accessible to cinnamoylation. XCi fillers (30-50 wt%) were incorporated into PBAT through melt compounding. The filler with a DS of 0.97 exhibited the optimal reinforcing effect, showing superior tensile strength (19.4 MPa) and elongation at break (330.9 %) at a high filling content (40 wt%), which is even beyond the neat PBAT. SEM and molecular dynamics simulation suggest improved compatibility and strengthened molecular interaction between XCi and PBAT, which explains the suppressed melting/crystallization behavior, the substantial increase in Tg (-34.5 → -1.8 °C) and the superior mechanical properties of the composites. This research provides valuable insights into the preparation of high-performance composites by designing the molecular architecture of xylan and optimizing the associated interactions.
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- Yanjun Chen
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing 211816, China; School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing 211816, China.
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing 211816, China.
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Zheng Y, Wang Y, Nakajima T, Gong JP. Effect of Predamage on the Fracture Energy of Double-Network Hydrogels. ACS Macro Lett 2024:130-137. [PMID: 38205953 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Double-network (DN) hydrogels are tough soft materials, and the high fracture resistance can be attributed to the formation of a large damage zone (internal fracture of the brittle first network) around the crack tip. In this work, we studied the effect of predamage in the brittle network on the fracture energy Γc of DN hydrogels. The prestretch of the first network was induced by prestretching the DN gels to prestretch ratio λpre. Depending on the λpre in relative to the yielding stretch ratio λy, above which the brittle first network starts to break into discontinuous fragments inside DN gels, two regimes were observed: Γc decreases monotonically with λpre in the regime of λpre < λy, mainly due to the decreasing contribution from the bulk internal damage, while Γc increases with λpre in the regime of λpre > λy. The latter can be understood by the release of the hidden length of the stretchable network strands by the rupture of the brittle network, whereby the broken fragments of the brittle network could serve as sliding cross-links to further delocalize the stress-concentration near the crack tip and prevent chain scissions.
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- Yong Zheng
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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Fazekas LA, Szabo B, Szegeczki V, Filler C, Varga A, Godo ZA, Toth G, Reglodi D, Juhasz T, Nemeth N. Impact Assessment of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide (PACAP) and Hemostatic Sponge on Vascular Anastomosis Regeneration in Rats. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16695. [PMID: 38069018 PMCID: PMC10706260 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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The proper regeneration of vessel anastomoses in microvascular surgery is crucial for surgical safety. Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) can aid healing by decreasing inflammation, apoptosis and oxidative stress. In addition to hematological and hemorheological tests, we examined the biomechanical and histological features of vascular anastomoses with or without PACAP addition and/or using a hemostatic sponge (HS). End-to-end anastomoses were established on the right femoral arteries of rats. On the 21st postoperative day, femoral arteries were surgically removed for evaluation of tensile strength and for histological and molecular biological examination. Effects of PACAP were also investigated in tissue culture in vitro to avoid the effects of PACAP degrading enzymes. Surgical trauma and PACAP absorption altered laboratory parameters; most notably, the erythrocyte deformability decreased. Arterial wall thickness showed a reduction in the presence of HS, which was compensated by PACAP in both the tunica media and adventitia in vivo. The administration of PACAP elevated these parameters in vitro. In conclusion, the application of the neuropeptide augmented elastin expression while HS reduced it, but no significant alterations were detected in collagen type I expression. Elasticity and tensile strength increased in the PACAP group, while it decreased in the HS decreased. Their combined use was beneficial for vascular regeneration.
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- Laszlo Adam Fazekas
- Department of Operative Techniques and Surgical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Moricz Zsigmond ut 22, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (L.A.F.); (B.S.); (A.V.)
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- Department of Operative Techniques and Surgical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Moricz Zsigmond ut 22, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (L.A.F.); (B.S.); (A.V.)
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (V.S.); (C.F.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (V.S.); (C.F.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Operative Techniques and Surgical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Moricz Zsigmond ut 22, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (L.A.F.); (B.S.); (A.V.)
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- Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Informatics, University of Debrecen, Kassai ut 26, H-4028 Debrecen, Hungary;
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, Dom ter 8, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary;
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- HUN-REN-PTE PACAP Research Group, Department of Anatomy, Medical School, University of Pecs, Szigeti ut 12, H-7624 Pecs, Hungary;
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (V.S.); (C.F.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Operative Techniques and Surgical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Moricz Zsigmond ut 22, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (L.A.F.); (B.S.); (A.V.)
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Kessler M, Yuan T, Kolinski JM, Amstad E. Influence of the Degree of Swelling on the Stiffness and Toughness of Microgel-Reinforced Hydrogels. Macromol Rapid Commun 2023; 44:e2200864. [PMID: 36809684 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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The stiffness and toughness of conventional hydrogels decrease with increasing degree of swelling. This behavior makes the stiffness-toughness compromise inherent to hydrogels even more limiting for fully swollen ones, especially for load-bearing applications. The stiffness-toughness compromise of hydrogels can be addressed by reinforcing them with hydrogel microparticles, microgels, which introduce the double network (DN) toughening effect into hydrogels. However, to what extent this toughening effect is maintained in fully swollen microgel-reinforced hydrogels (MRHs) is unknown. Herein, it is demonstrated that the initial volume fraction of microgels contained in MRHs determines their connectivity, which is closely yet nonlinearly related to the stiffness of fully swollen MRHs. Remarkably, if MRHs are reinforced with a high volume fraction of microgels, they stiffen upon swelling. By contrast, the fracture toughness linearly increases with the effective volume fraction of microgels present in the MRHs regardless of their degree of swelling. These findings provide a universal design rule for the fabrication of tough granular hydrogels that stiffen upon swelling and hence, open up new fields of use of these hydrogels.
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- Michael Kessler
- Soft Materials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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- Soft Materials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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- Engineering Mechanics of Soft Interfaces Laboratory, Institute of Mechanical, Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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- Soft Materials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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Imaoka C, Nakajima T, Indei T, Iwata M, Hong W, Marcellan A, Gong JP. Inverse mechanical-swelling coupling of a highly deformed double-network gel. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eabp8351. [PMID: 37163599 PMCID: PMC10171803 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abp8351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Mechanical behaviors of a polymer gel are coupled with its swelling behavior. It has been known that typical hydrogels display extension-induced swelling and drying-induced stiffening, called normal mechanical-swelling coupling. In this study, we experimentally found that highly extended double-network (DN) hydrogels exhibit abnormal inverse mechanical-swelling coupling such as extension-induced deswelling and drying-induced softening. We established theoretical hyperelastic and swelling models that reproduced all the complicated mechanical and swelling trends of the highly deformed DN hydrogels. From these theoretical analyses, it is considered that the inverse mechanical-swelling coupling of a DN gel is derived from the extreme nonlinear elasticity of its first network at its ultimate deformation state. These findings contribute toward the understanding of the mechanics of rubber-like materials up to their ultimate deformation and fracture limit.
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- Chika Imaoka
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Jia M, Wang M, Zhou Y. A Flexible and Highly Sensitive Pressure Sense Electrode Based on Cotton Pulp for Wearable Electronics. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15092095. [PMID: 37177243 PMCID: PMC10181469 DOI: 10.3390/polym15092095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Flexible pressure sensors with high sensitivity have great potential applications in wearable electronics. However, it is still a great challenge to prepare sense electrodes with high flexibility, high sensitivity, and high electrochemical performance. Here, we propose a novel and simple method for carbonizing cotton fibers as excellent electrically conductive materials. Moreover, carbonized cotton fiber (CCF) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) were assembled into a flexible sense electrode. The CCF/PDMS electrode shows a high sensitivity of 10.8 kPa-1, a wide response frequency from 0.2-2.0 Hz, and durability over 900 cycles. The combined CCF/PDMS sensors can monitor human movement and pulse vibration, showing the enormous potential for use in wearable device technology. Additionally, the CCF/PDMS can be used as electrodes with a specific capacitance of 332.5 mF cm-2 at a current density of 5 mA cm-2, thanks to their high electrical conductivity and hydrophilicity, demonstrating the promising prospect of flexible supercapacitors.
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- Mengying Jia
- School of Information and Electrical Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
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- National Supercomputer Research Center of Advanced Materials, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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- School of Information and Electrical Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
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Watabe T, Otsuka H. Swelling-induced Mechanochromism in Multinetwork Polymers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202216469. [PMID: 36524463 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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We report a novel and versatile approach to achieving swelling-induced mechanochemistry using a multinetwork (MN) strategy that enables polymer networks to repeatedly swell with monomers and solvents. The isotropic expansion of the first network (FN) provides sufficient force to drive the mechanochemical scission of a radical-based mechanophore, difluorenylsuccinonitrile (DFSN). Although prompt recombination generally occurs in such highly mobile environments, the resulting pink radicals are kinetically stabilized in the gels, probably due to limited diffusion in the extended polymer chains. Moreover, the DFSN embedded in the isotropically strained chain exhibits increased thermal reactivity, which can be reasonably explained by an entropic contribution of the FN to the dissociation. The utility of the MN polymers is demonstrated not only in terms of swelling-force-induced network modification, but also in the context of tunable reactivity of the dissociative unit through proper design of the hierarchical network architecture.
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- Takuma Watabe
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan.,Living Systems Materialogy (LiSM) Research Group, International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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Zhu S, Yan D, Chen L, Wang Y, Zhu F, Ye Y, Zheng Y, Yu W, Zheng Q. Enhanced Rupture Force in a Cut-Dispersed Double-Network Hydrogel. Gels 2023; 9:gels9020158. [PMID: 36826328 PMCID: PMC9956972 DOI: 10.3390/gels9020158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2023] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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The Kirigami approach is an effective way to realize controllable deformation of intelligent materials via introducing cuts into bulk materials. For materials ranging from ordinary stiff materials such as glass, ceramics, and metals to soft materials, including ordinary hydrogels and elastomers, all of them are all sensitive to the presence of cuts, which usually act as defects to deteriorate mechanical properties. Herein, we study the influence of the cuts on the mechanical properties by introducing "dispersed macro-scale cuts" into a model tough double network (DN) hydrogel (named D-cut gel), which consists of a rigid and brittle first network and a ductile stretchable second network. For comparison, DN gels with "continuous cuts" having the same number of interconnected cuts (named C-cut gel) were chosen. The fracture tests of D-cut gel and C-cut gel with different cut patterns were performed. The fracture observation revealed that crack blunting occurred at each cut tip, and a large wrinkle-like zone was formed where the wrinkles were parallel to the propagation direction of the cut. By utilizing homemade circular polarizing optical systems, we found that introducing dispersed cuts increases the rupture force by homogenizing the stress around the crack tip surrounding every cut, which reduces stress concentration in one certain cut. We believe this work reveals the fracture mechanism of tough soft materials with a kirigami cut structure, which should guide the design of advanced soft and tough materials along this line.
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- Shilei Zhu
- College of Physics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
- Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
- Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030024, China
- Correspondence: (Y.Y.); (Y.Z.)
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
- Correspondence: (Y.Y.); (Y.Z.)
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
- Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Zhu S, Wang Y, Wang Z, Chen L, Zhu F, Ye Y, Zheng Y, Yu W, Zheng Q. Metal-Coordinated Dynamics and Viscoelastic Properties of Double-Network Hydrogels. Gels 2023; 9:gels9020145. [PMID: 36826315 PMCID: PMC9956398 DOI: 10.3390/gels9020145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Biological soft tissues are intrinsically viscoelastic materials which play a significant role in affecting the activity of cells. As potential artificial alternatives, double-network (DN) gels, however, are pure elastic and mechanically time independent. The viscoelasticization of DN gels is an urgent challenge in enabling DN gels to be used for advanced development of biomaterial applications. Herein, we demonstrate a simple approach to regulate the viscoelasticity of tough double-network (DN) hydrogels by forming sulfonate-metal coordination. Owing to the dynamic nature of the coordination bonds, the resultant hydrogels possess highly viscoelastic, mechanical time-dependent, and self-recovery properties. Rheological measurements are performed to investigate the linear dynamic mechanical behavior at small strains. The tensile tests and cyclic tensile tests are also systematically performed to evaluate the rate-dependent large deformation mechanical behaviors and energy dissipation behaviors of various ion-loaded DN hydrogels. It has been revealed based on the systematic analysis that robust strong sulfonate-Zr4+ coordination interactions not only serve as dynamic crosslinks imparting viscoelastic rate-dependent mechanical performances, but also strongly affect the relative strength of the first PAMPS network, thereby increasing the yielding stress σy and the fracture stress at break σb and reducing the stretch ratio at break λb. It is envisioned that the viscoelasticization of DN gels enables versatile applications in the biomedical and engineering fields.
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- Shilei Zhu
- College of Physics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
- Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
- Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030024, China
- Correspondence: (Y.Y.); (Y.Z.)
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
- Correspondence: (Y.Y.); (Y.Z.)
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
- Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Lloyd EM, Vakil JR, Yao Y, Sottos NR, Craig SL. Covalent Mechanochemistry and Contemporary Polymer Network Chemistry: A Marriage in the Making. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:751-768. [PMID: 36599076 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Over the past 20 years, the field of polymer mechanochemistry has amassed a toolbox of mechanophores that translate mechanical energy into a variety of functional responses ranging from color change to small-molecule release. These productive chemical changes typically occur at the length scale of a few covalent bonds (Å) but require large energy inputs and strains on the micro-to-macro scale in order to achieve even low levels of mechanophore activation. The minimal activation hinders the translation of the available chemical responses into materials and device applications. The mechanophore activation challenge inspires core questions at yet another length scale of chemical control, namely: What are the molecular-scale features of a polymeric material that determine the extent of mechanophore activation? Further, how do we marry advances in the chemistry of polymer networks with the chemistry of mechanophores to create stress-responsive materials that are well suited for an intended application? In this Perspective, we speculate as to the potential match between covalent polymer mechanochemistry and recent advances in polymer network chemistry, specifically, topologically controlled networks and the hierarchical material responses enabled by multi-network architectures and mechanically interlocked polymers. Both fundamental and applied opportunities unique to the union of these two fields are discussed.
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- Evan M Lloyd
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina27708, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina27708, United States.,NSF Center for the Chemistry of Molecularly Optimized Networks, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina27708, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina27708, United States.,NSF Center for the Chemistry of Molecularly Optimized Networks, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina27708, United States
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- NSF Center for the Chemistry of Molecularly Optimized Networks, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina27708, United States.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina27708, United States.,NSF Center for the Chemistry of Molecularly Optimized Networks, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina27708, United States
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Ciambella J, Lancioni G, Stortini N. An Ogden-like formulation incorporating phase-field fracture in elastomers: from brittle to pseudo-ductile failures. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2022; 380:20210323. [PMID: 36031842 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Over the past 50 years the Ogden model has been widely used in material modelling owing to its ability to match accurately the experimental data on elastomers at large strain, as well as its mathematical properties, such as polyconvexity. In this paper, these characteristics are exploited to formulate a finite-strain model that incorporates, through the phase-field approach recently proposed by Wu (Wu 2017 J. Mech. Phys. Solids 103, 72-99) for small strains, a cohesive damage mechanism which leads to the progressive degradation of the material stiffness and to failure under tension. By properly tailoring the constitutive parameters, the model is capable of encompassing a wide range of effects, from brittle to pseudo-ductile failure modes. A plane stress problem is formulated to test the model against experiments on double-network elastomers, which display a pseudo-ductile damage behaviour at large strain, and on conventional rubber compounds with brittle failure. The results show that the proposed model is applicable to fracture coalescence and propagation in a wide range of materials. This article is part of the theme issue 'The Ogden model of rubber mechanics: Fifty years of impact on nonlinear elasticity'.
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- Jacopo Ciambella
- Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Mechanics and Aeronautics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Building Engineering and Architecture, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Huang YT, Zhou Y, Yu WW, Liao S, Luo MC. Nonprestretching double-network enabled by physical interaction-induced aggregation. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sriramoju KK, Rath SK, Sarkar D, Sudarshan K, Pujari PK, Harikrishnan G. Nanoparticles can modulate network topological defects during multimodal elastomer formation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:14511-14516. [PMID: 35660818 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01381a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We experimentally show that nanoparticles (NPs) can significantly regulate the network topological defects during a molecularly controlled elastomeric synthesis. Using positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy, we demonstrate this on well-defined model systems of poly(dimethyl siloxane) elastomers and layered silicate nanoparticles (NPs). The evolutions of topological defects in elastomeric networks prepared from unimodal, bimodal, and NP dispersed bimodal elastomers are sequentially investigated. The extent of NP induced defect regulation is identified by varying the particle concentration from moderately low to an approximate upper limit. The fraction of free volume hole defects present between packed chains in the network generated by molecular control is significantly reduced. The fraction of smaller interstitial cavities near the cross-link sites shows a moderate increase at the lowest NP concentration. However, this fraction decreases at a high NP concentration and is nearly the same as that of bimodal networks that are devoid of NP infusion. Despite the variations in their fractions with NP infusion, the sizes of both these types of defects that remain in the network are minimally affected. The collective topological defects arising from chain induced heterogeneity also show a qualitative reduction upon NP infusion.
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- Kishore Kumar Sriramoju
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India.
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- Naval Materials Research Laboratory, Defense Research Development Organization, Ambernath, Maharashtra, 421506, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India.
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- Radio Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Radio Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India.
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Tauber J, van der Gucht J, Dussi S. Stretchy and disordered: Toward understanding fracture in soft network materials via mesoscopic computer simulations. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:160901. [PMID: 35490006 DOI: 10.1063/5.0081316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Soft network materials exist in numerous forms ranging from polymer networks, such as elastomers, to fiber networks, such as collagen. In addition, in colloidal gels, an underlying network structure can be identified, and several metamaterials and textiles can be considered network materials as well. Many of these materials share a highly disordered microstructure and can undergo large deformations before damage becomes visible at the macroscopic level. Despite their widespread presence, we still lack a clear picture of how the network structure controls the fracture processes of these soft materials. In this Perspective, we will focus on progress and open questions concerning fracture at the mesoscopic scale, in which the network architecture is clearly resolved, but neither the material-specific atomistic features nor the macroscopic sample geometries are considered. We will describe concepts regarding the network elastic response that have been established in recent years and turn out to be pre-requisites to understand the fracture response. We will mostly consider simulation studies, where the influence of specific network features on the material mechanics can be cleanly assessed. Rather than focusing on specific systems, we will discuss future challenges that should be addressed to gain new fundamental insights that would be relevant across several examples of soft network materials.
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- Justin Tauber
- Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Slootman J, Yeh CJ, Millereau P, Comtet J, Creton C. A molecular interpretation of the toughness of multiple network elastomers at high temperature. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2116127119. [PMID: 35324328 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116127119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Soft materials can be toughened by creating dissipative mechanisms in stretchy matrixes. Yet using them over a wide range of temperatures requires dissipative mechanisms independent of stretch rate or temperature. We show that sacrificial covalent bonds in multiple network elastomers are most useful in toughening elastomers at high temperature and act synergistically with viscoelasticity at lower temperature. We do not attribute this toughening mechanism only to the scission of bonds during crack propagation but propose that the highly stretched network diluted in a stretchy matrix acts by simultaneously stiffening the elastomer and delaying the localization of bond scission and the propagation of a crack. Such a toughening mechanism has never been proposed for elastomers and should guide network design. Unfilled elastomers often suffer from poor fracture resistance at high temperature where viscoelastic dissipation is low. A molecular design based on multiple interpenetrating networks composed of a brittle filler network isotropically prestretched to a value λ0 by swelling it in an extensible matrix leads to a dramatic increase of fracture energy Γc, typically attributed to sacrificial bond scission creating a dissipative damage zone ahead of the propagating crack. However, the molecular mechanisms controlling the size of the damage zone when the crack propagates are currently unknown. Here, we combine fluorogenic mechanochemistry with quantitative confocal mapping and mechanical testing to characterize both Γc and the extent of bond scission in the sacrificial network detected on the fracture surfaces for different stretch rates and temperatures. We find that increasing the prestretch λ0 of the filler network leads to a large increase in Γc mainly at temperatures well above the glass transition temperature of the elastomers, where viscoelasticity is inactive, but also at lower temperatures where both mechanisms are coupled. Yet, we show that there is no direct linear relation between the extent of filler network scission and Γc. We mainly attribute the large increase in Γc to the dilution of highly stretched strands in the entangled and unstretched matrix, which delocalizes stress upon bond scission and effectively protects the matrix network from scission and the material from crack growth. Delaying the localization of bond scission by network design is a promising strategy that will guide molecular designs able to toughen elastomers even in the absence of viscoelastic dissipation.
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- Samuel C. Lamont
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Zheng Y, Matsuda T, Nakajima T, Cui W, Zhang Y, Hui CY, Kurokawa T, Gong JP. How chain dynamics affects crack initiation in double-network gels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2111880118. [PMID: 34848539 PMCID: PMC8670445 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2111880118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Double-network gels are a class of tough soft materials comprising two elastic networks with contrasting structures. The formation of a large internal damage zone ahead of the crack tip by the rupturing of the brittle network accounts for the large crack resistance of the materials. Understanding what determines the damage zone is the central question of the fracture mechanics of double-network gels. In this work, we found that at the onset of crack propagation, the size of necking zone, in which the brittle network breaks into fragments and the stretchable network is highly stretched, distinctly decreases with the increase of the solvent viscosity, resulting in a reduction in the fracture toughness of the material. This is in sharp contrast to the tensile behavior of the material that does not change with the solvent viscosity. This result suggests that the dynamics of stretchable network strands, triggered by the rupture of the brittle network, plays a role. To account for this solvent viscosity effect on the crack initiation, a delayed blunting mechanism regarding the polymer dynamics effect is proposed. The discovery on the role of the polymer dynamic adds an important missing piece to the fracture mechanism of this unique material.
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- Yong Zheng
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan;
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Field of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan;
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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Ariati R, Sales F, Souza A, Lima RA, Ribeiro J. Polydimethylsiloxane Composites Characterization and Its Applications: A Review. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13234258. [PMID: 34883762 PMCID: PMC8659928 DOI: 10.3390/polym13234258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is one of the most promising elastomers due its remarkable proprieties such as good thermal stability, biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, flexibility, low cost, ease of use, chemically inertia, hyperplastic characteristics, and gas permeability. Thus, it can be used in areas such as microfluidic systems, biomedical devices, electronic components, membranes for filtering and pervaporation, sensors, and coatings. Although pure PDMS has low mechanical properties, such as low modulus of elasticity and strength, it can be improved by mixing the PDMS with other polymers and by adding particles or reinforcements. Fiber-reinforced PDMS has proved to be a good alternative to manufacturing flexible displays, batteries, wearable devices, tactile sensors, and energy harvesting systems. PDMS and particulates are often used in the separation of liquids from wastewater by means of porosity followed by hydrophobicity. Waxes such as beeswax and paraffin have proved to be materials capable of improving properties such as the hydrophobic, corrosion-resistant, thermal, and optical properties of PDMS. Finally, when blended with polymers such as poly (vinyl chloride-co-vinyl acetate), PDMS becomes a highly efficient alternative for membrane separation applications. However, to the best of our knowledge there are few works dedicated to the review and comparison of different PDMS composites. Hence, this review will be focused on PDMS composites, their respective applications, and properties. Generally, the combination of elastomer with fibers, particles, waxes, polymers, and others it will be discussed, with the aim of producing a review that demonstrates the wide applications of this material and how tailored characteristics can be reached for custom applications.
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- Ronaldo Ariati
- ESTiG, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 5300-252 Bragança, Portugal; (R.A.); (F.S.); (J.R.)
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- ESTiG, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 5300-252 Bragança, Portugal; (R.A.); (F.S.); (J.R.)
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- MEtRICs, Mechanical Engineering Department, Campus de Azurém, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal;
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- MEtRICs, Mechanical Engineering Department, Campus de Azurém, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal;
- CEFT, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), Rua Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
- Correspondence:
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- ESTiG, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 5300-252 Bragança, Portugal; (R.A.); (F.S.); (J.R.)
- CIMO, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 5300-252 Bragança, Portugal
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Matsuda T, Kawakami R, Nakajima T, Hane Y, Gong JP. Revisiting the Origins of the Fracture Energy of Tough Double-Network Hydrogels with Quantitative Mechanochemical Characterization of the Damage Zone. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Takahiro Matsuda
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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Sanoja GE, Morelle XP, Comtet J, Yeh CJ, Ciccotti M, Creton C. Why is mechanical fatigue different from toughness in elastomers? The role of damage by polymer chain scission. Sci Adv 2021; 7:eabg9410. [PMID: 34644114 PMCID: PMC8514099 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg9410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Although elastomers often experience 10 to 100 million cycles before failure, there is now a limited understanding of their resistance to fatigue crack propagation. We tagged soft and tough double-network elastomers with mechanofluorescent probes and quantified damage by sacrificial bond scission after crack propagation under cyclic and monotonic loading. Damage along fracture surfaces and its spatial localization depend on the elastomer design, as well as on the applied load (i.e., cyclic or monotonic). The key result is that reversible elasticity and strain hardening at low and intermediate strains dictates fatigue resistance, whereas energy dissipation at high strains controls toughness. This information serves to engineer fatigue-resistant elastomers, understand fracture mechanisms, and reduce the environmental footprint of the polymer industry.
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- Gabriel E. Sanoja
- Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7615, 75005 Paris, France
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
- Corresponding author. (G.E.S.); (C.C.)
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- Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7615, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7615, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7615, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7615, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7615, 75005 Paris, France
- Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Hokkaido University, 001-0021 Sapporo, Japan
- Corresponding author. (G.E.S.); (C.C.)
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Tauber J, Rovigatti L, Dussi S, van der Gucht J. Sharing the Load: Stress Redistribution Governs Fracture of Polymer Double Networks. Macromolecules 2021; 54:8563-8574. [PMID: 34602652 PMCID: PMC8482750 DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The stress response
of polymer double networks depends not only
on the properties of the constituent networks but also on the interactions
arising between them. Here, we demonstrate, via coarse-grained simulations,
that both their global stress response and their microscopic fracture
mechanics are governed by load sharing through these internetwork
interactions. By comparing our results with affine predictions, where
stress redistribution is by definition homogeneous, we show that stress
redistribution is highly inhomogeneous. In particular, the affine
prediction overestimates the fraction of broken chains by almost an
order of magnitude. Furthermore, homogeneous stress distribution predicts
a single fracture process, while in our simulations, fracture of sacrificial
chains takes place in two steps governed by load sharing within a
network and between networks, respectively. Our results thus provide
a detailed microscopic picture of how inhomogeneous stress redistribution
after rupture of chains governs the fracture of polymer double networks.
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- Justin Tauber
- Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University and Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University and Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands.,John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University and Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Chen Y, Sanoja G, Creton C. Mechanochemistry unveils stress transfer during sacrificial bond fracture of tough multiple network elastomers. Chem Sci 2021; 12:11098-11108. [PMID: 34522307 PMCID: PMC8386638 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc03352b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The molecular level transfer of stress from a stiff percolating filler to a stretchable matrix is a crucial and generic mechanism of toughening in soft materials. Yet the molecular details of how this transfer occurs have so far been experimentally unreachable. Model multiple network elastomers containing spiropyran (SP) force sensors incorporated into the stiff filler network or into the stretchable matrix network are used here to detect and investigate the mechanism of stress transfer between distinct populations of polymer strands. We find that as the filler network progressively breaks by random bond scission, there is a critical stress where cooperative bond scission occurs and the macroscopic stretch increases discontinuously by necking. Surprisingly, SP molecules reveal that even in the necked region both filler and matrix chains share the load, with roughly 90% of the SPs force-activated in the filler chains before necking still being loaded in the necked region where significant activation of the SP incorporated into the matrix chains occurs. This result, where both networks remain loaded upon necking, is qualitatively consistent with the model proposed by Brown, where holes or microcracks are formed in the stiff regions and are bridged by stretched matrix chains. Detection of merocyanine (i.e. activated SP) fluorescence by confocal microscopy shows that such microcrack formation is also active at the crack tip even for materials that do not exhibit macroscopic necking. Additionally, we demonstrate that when the ethyl acrylate monomer is replaced by hexyl methacrylate in the first network, preventing molecular connections between the two networks, the stress transmission is less efficient. This study outlines the different roles played by these multiple networks in the onset of fracture and provides molecular insights for the construction of molecular models of fracture of elastomers.
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- Yinjun Chen
- Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS F-75005 Paris France
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- Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS F-75005 Paris France
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- Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS F-75005 Paris France
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Cao B, Chen W, Wei W, Chen Y, Yuan Y. Carbon Dots Intensified Mechanochemiluminescence from Waterborne Polyurethanes as Tunable Force Sensing Materials. Chin J Polym Sci 2021; 39:1403-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2601-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zhuo Y, Xia Z, Qi Y, Sumigawa T, Wu J, Šesták P, Lu Y, Håkonsen V, Li T, Wang F, Chen W, Xiao S, Long R, Kitamura T, Li L, He J, Zhang Z. Simultaneously Toughening and Stiffening Elastomers with Octuple Hydrogen Bonding. Adv Mater 2021; 33:e2008523. [PMID: 33938044 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202008523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Current synthetic elastomers suffer from the well-known trade-off between toughness and stiffness. By a combination of multiscale experiments and atomistic simulations, a transparent unfilled elastomer with simultaneously enhanced toughness and stiffness is demonstrated. The designed elastomer comprises homogeneous networks with ultrastrong, reversible, and sacrificial octuple hydrogen bonding (HB), which evenly distribute the stress to each polymer chain during loading, thus enhancing stretchability and delaying fracture. Strong HBs and corresponding nanodomains enhance the stiffness by restricting the network mobility, and at the same time improve the toughness by dissipating energy during the transformation between different configurations. In addition, the stiffness mismatch between the hard HB domain and the soft poly(dimethylsiloxane)-rich phase promotes crack deflection and branching, which can further dissipate energy and alleviate local stress. These cooperative mechanisms endow the elastomer with both high fracture toughness (17016 J m-2 ) and high Young's modulus (14.7 MPa), circumventing the trade-off between toughness and stiffness. This work is expected to impact many fields of engineering requiring elastomers with unprecedented mechanical performance.
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- Yizhi Zhuo
- NTNU Nanomechanical Lab, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Lab, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 6158540, Japan
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- NTNU Nanomechanical Lab, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway
- Department of Physics, Jiujiang Research Institute, Research Institute for Biomimetics and Soft Matter, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Soft Functional Materials Research, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, CEITEC BUT, Purkyňova 123, Brno, CZ-612 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- NTNU Nanomechanical Lab, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway
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- NTNU Nanomechanical Lab, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway
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- NTNU Nanomechanical Lab, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Lab, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- NTNU Nanomechanical Lab, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 6158540, Japan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Lab, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- NTNU Nanomechanical Lab, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway
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- NTNU Nanomechanical Lab, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway
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Morelle XP, Sanoja GE, Castagnet S, Creton C. 3D fluorescent mapping of invisible molecular damage after cavitation in hydrogen exposed elastomers. Soft Matter 2021; 17:4266-4274. [PMID: 33908597 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm00325a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Elastomers saturated with gas at high pressure suffer from cavity nucleation, inflation, and deflation upon rapid or explosive decompression. Although this process often results in undetectable changes in appearance, it causes internal damage, hampers functionality (e.g., permeability), and shortens lifetime. Here, we tag a model poly(ethyl acrylate) elastomer with π-extended anthracene-maleimide adducts that fluoresce upon network chain scission, and map in 3D the internal damage present after a cycle of gas saturation and rapid decompression. Interestingly, we observe that each cavity observable during decompression results in a damaged region, the shape of which reveals a fracture locus of randomly oriented penny-shape cracks (i.e., with a flower-like morphology) that contain crack arrest lines. Thus, cavity growth likely proceeds discontinuously (i.e., non-steadily) through the stable and unstable fracture of numerous 2D crack planes. This non-destructive methodology to visualize in 3D molecular damage in polymer networks is novel and serves to understand how fracture occurs under complex 3D loads, predict mechanical aging of pristine looking elastomers, and holds potential to optimize cavitation-resistance in soft materials.
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- Xavier P Morelle
- SIMM, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France.
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- SIMM, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Institut Pprime (UPR 3346 CNRS - ENSMA - Université de Poitiers), Department of Physics and Mechanics of Materials, 1 Avenue Clément Ader, BP 40109, 86961 Futuroscope Cedex, France
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- SIMM, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France. and Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Li X, Cui K, Kurokawa T, Ye YN, Sun TL, Yu C, Creton C, Gong JP. Effect of mesoscale phase contrast on fatigue-delaying behavior of self-healing hydrogels. Sci Adv 2021; 7:eabe8210. [PMID: 33853776 PMCID: PMC8046377 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We investigate the fatigue resistance of chemically cross-linked polyampholyte hydrogels with a hierarchical structure due to phase separation and find that the details of the structure, as characterized by SAXS, control the mechanisms of crack propagation. When gels exhibit a strong phase contrast and a low cross-linking level, the stress singularity around the crack tip is gradually eliminated with increasing fatigue cycles and this suppresses crack growth, beneficial for high fatigue resistance. On the contrary, the stress concentration persists in weakly phase-separated gels, resulting in low fatigue resistance. A material parameter, λtran, is identified, correlated to the onset of non-affine deformation of the mesophase structure in a hydrogel without crack, which governs the slow-to-fast transition in fatigue crack growth. The detailed role played by the mesoscale structure on fatigue resistance provides design principles for developing self-healing, tough, and fatigue-resistant soft materials.
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- Xueyu Li
- Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GSS, GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GSS, GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GSS, GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GSS, GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GSS, GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GSS, GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Morovati V, Saadat MA, Dargazany R. Necking of double-network gels: Constitutive modeling with microstructural insight. Phys Rev E 2021; 102:062501. [PMID: 33465983 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.062501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In this study, a constitutive model is proposed to describe the necking behavior of double network (DN) gels based on statistical micromechanics of interpenetrating polymer networks. Accordingly, the constitutive response of DN gels in large deformations has been divided into three zones, i.e., prenecking, necking, and postnecking. The behavior of the DN gel is dominated by the behavior of the first and the second networks in each stage. In a previous study, we described how the destruction of the first network can govern the inelastic effects during the prenecking stage. Here, we elucidate the role of the second network to govern the material behavior in the necking and postnecking stages. To incorporate the effect of necking, the material behavior at each zone is described through the competition of three mechanisms that control the rearrangement of the two networks. Here, we challenge a general simplifying assumption in the modeling of DN gels, which considers the second network to be fully elastic. The recent experimental observations show the reduction of energy dissipation in the first network after necking initiation due to the localization of the damage in an active zone. Thus, we assumed that the chains of the second network contribute to the energy dissipation of the matrix by keeping the connection between the fragments of the first network. The proposed model has been validated in all three stages against different sets of experimental data on the uniaxial cyclic tensile behavior of DN gels. Moreover, the initiation and propagation of necking instability have been comprehensively illustrated through a finite-element implementation of the proposed model.
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- Vahid Morovati
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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In order to surmount the inherent trade-off between toughness and stiffness for most elastomers, we developed a strategy which let two polymer networks form an interpenetrated structure through introducing slip-rings by a very simple one-step synthesis method.
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- Zhi-Hui Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610065
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610065
- China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chengdu 610041
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610065
- China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chengdu 610041
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610065
- China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chengdu 610041
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610065
- China
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This review aims to provide a field guide for the implementation of mechanochemistry in synthetic polymers by summarizing the molecules, materials, and methods that have been developed in this field.
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- Yinjun Chen
- Department of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems
- Eindhoven University of Technology
- 5600 MB Eindhoven
- The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle
- ESPCI Paris
- PSL University
- Sorbonne Université
- CNRS
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems
- Eindhoven University of Technology
- 5600 MB Eindhoven
- The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle
- ESPCI Paris
- PSL University
- Sorbonne Université
- CNRS
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems
- Eindhoven University of Technology
- 5600 MB Eindhoven
- The Netherlands
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Yuan Y, Di B, Chen Y. Mechanically Induced Bright Luminescence from 1,2-Dioxetane Containing PDMS Boosted by Fluoroboron Complex as an In-Chain Fluorophore. Macromol Rapid Commun 2020; 42:e2000575. [PMID: 33345435 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Improving mechanochemiluminescent (MCL) sensitivity of 1,2-dioxetane containing polymers is important for the applications of stress-reporting soft materials. Herein, a series of MCL poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) have been synthesized by simultaneously incorporating difluoroboron β-diketonate dye and 1,2-dioxetane as the co-crosslinkers to tune the energy transfer process across polymer chains. By covalently linked fluoroboron complex in PDMS network, the aggregation of the complex is overcome. Owing to its excellent opto-physical properties, this fluoroboron complex is shown to be an effective in-chain fluorophore to effectively enhance the chemiluminescence from polymeric 1,2-dioxetane that is broken either thermally or mechanically. Studies on the optomechanical properties of these PDMS show that MCL intensity is increased with the concentration of fluoroboron complex and the wavelength of the emission is shifted. The results of the present study appear to be broadly useful for designing elastomeric networks with chemiluminescent property not only attractive for optical technology, but also useful for damage self-reporting.
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- Yuan Yuan
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Science, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Science, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Science, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, P. R. China
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Chen Y, Yeh CJ, Guo Q, Qi Y, Long R, Creton C. Fast reversible isomerization of merocyanine as a tool to quantify stress history in elastomers. Chem Sci 2020; 12:1693-1701. [PMID: 34163929 PMCID: PMC8179306 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06157c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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A mechanochemistry based approach is proposed to detect and map stress history during dynamic processes. Spiropyran (SP), a force sensitive molecular probe, was incorporated as a crosslinker into multiple network elastomers (MNE). When these mechanochromic MNEs are loaded, SP undergoes a well-known force-activated reaction to merocyanine (MC) changing its absorption in the visible range (visible blue color). This SP to MC transition is not reversible within the time frame of the experiment and the color change reports the concentration of activated molecules. During subsequent loading–unloading cycles the MC undergoes a fast and reversible isomerization resulting in a slight shift of absorption spectrum and results in a second color change (blue to purple color corresponding to the loading–unloading cycles). Quantification of the color changes by using chromaticity shows that the exact color observed upon unloading is characteristic not only of the current stress (reported by the shift in color due to MC isomerization), but of the maximum stress that the material has seen during the loading cycle (reported by the shift in color due to the change in MC concentration). We show that these two color changes can be separated unambiguously and we use them to map the stress history in the loading and unloading process occurring as a crack opens up and propagates, breaking the material. Color maps on fractured samples are compared with finite element simulations and the agreement is excellent. A mechanochemistry based approach is proposed to detect and map stress history during dynamic processes.![]()
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- Yinjun Chen
- Laboratory of Soft Matter Science and Engineering, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université 75005 Paris France
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- Laboratory of Soft Matter Science and Engineering, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université 75005 Paris France
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder CO 80309 USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder CO 80309 USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder CO 80309 USA
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- Laboratory of Soft Matter Science and Engineering, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université 75005 Paris France
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Wu M, Yuan W, Yang F, Liang F, Chen Y. Semi-IPNs Reinforced with Silica Janus Nanoparticles and Their Stress Sensing with Mechanoluminescent Probe. Macromol Rapid Commun 2020; 42:e2000442. [PMID: 33029850 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A series of nanocomposite elastomers are prepared by dispersing surface-modified silica Janus nanoparticles into semi-interpenetrating network (Semi-IPN) of polyurethane/polyethyl methacrylate. Benefiting from the hierarchically crosslinked structures that consist of physical interlocking mediated by hydrogen-bond-rich silica Janus nanoparticles and permanent crosslinking by Semi-IPN, these elastomers exhibit excellent mechanical properties. Moreover, the Janus nanosheet is found more effective in strengthening and toughening the Semi-IPN, in comparison to Janus hollow sphere. Since 1,2-dioxetane is covalently embedded in these elastomers as a mechanoluminescent stress probe, stress transfer between the polymer and Janus nanoparticles and the toughening mechanism can be illuminated, which offer exciting opportunities to study the failure process of complex polymer nanocomposites with high spatial and temporal resolution.
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- Mengjiao Wu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Science, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Science, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Science, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Science, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, P. R. China
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Nakajima T, Kurokawa T, Furukawa H, Gong JP. Effect of the constituent networks of double-network gels on their mechanical properties and energy dissipation process. Soft Matter 2020; 16:8618-8627. [PMID: 32844868 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01057j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Double-network (DN) gels, consisting of brittle first and ductile second networks, possess extraordinary strength, extensibility, and fracture toughness while maintaining a high solvent content. Herein, we prepare DN gels consisting of various concentrations of the first and second networks to investigate the effect of each network structure on the tensile and fracture properties of DN gels. The results showed that the tensile properties of DN gels before yielding are mainly dominated by the first network, serving as a skeleton, whereas the properties after necking are determined by both networks. Moreover, we found that the DN gels with significant energy dissipation capacities exhibit high fracture resistance. Thus, this study not only confirms the factors determining the mechanical characteristics of DN gels but also explains how the two networks concertedly improve the toughness of DN gels.
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- Tasuku Nakajima
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan. and WPI-ICReDD, Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan and Soft Matter GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan. and Soft Matter GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan. and WPI-ICReDD, Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan and Soft Matter GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Matsuda T, Kawakami R, Nakajima T, Gong JP. Crack Tip Field of a Double-Network Gel: Visualization of Covalent Bond Scission through Mechanoradical Polymerization. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Takahiro Matsuda
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
- Soft Matter GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
- Soft Matter GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Ziquan Cao
- Key Laboratory of Bio‐Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of ChemistryBeihang University Beijing 100191 P. R. China
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Ferreiro-Córdova C, Del Gado E, Foffi G, Bouzid M. Multi-component colloidal gels: interplay between structure and mechanical properties. Soft Matter 2020; 16:4414-4421. [PMID: 32337525 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm02410g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We present a detailed numerical study of multi-component colloidal gels interacting sterically and obtained by arrested phase separation. Under deformation, we found that the interplay between the different intertwined networks is key. Increasing the number of components leads to softer solids that can accommodate progressively larger strains before yielding. The simulations highlight how this is the direct consequence of the purely repulsive interactions between the different components, which end up enhancing the linear response of the material. Our work provides new insight into mechanisms at play for controlling the material properties and opens a road to new design principles for soft composite solids.
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- Wenlian Qiu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Chen Y, Yeh CJ, Qi Y, Long R, Creton C. From force-responsive molecules to quantifying and mapping stresses in soft materials. Sci Adv 2020; 6:eaaz5093. [PMID: 32440548 PMCID: PMC7228757 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz5093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Directly quantifying a spatially varying stress in soft materials is currently a great challenge. We propose a method to do that by detecting a change in visible light absorption. We incorporate a spiropyran (SP) force-activated mechanophore cross-linker in multiple-network elastomers. The random nature of the network structure of the polymer causes a progressive activation of the SP force probe with load, detectable by the change in color of the material. We first calibrate precisely the chromatic change in uniaxial tension. We then demonstrate that the nominal stress around a loaded crack can be detected for each pixel and that the measured values match quantitatively finite element simulations. This direct method to quantify stresses in soft materials with an internal force probe is an innovative tool that holds great potential to compare quantitatively stresses in different materials with simple optical observations.
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- Yinjun Chen
- Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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The addition of transient networks to polymer composites marks a new direction toward the design of novel materials, with numerous biomedical and industrial applications. The network structure connected by transient cross-links (CLs) relaxes as time evolves, which results in the stretching release of polymer strands between transient CLs during strain. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we measure directly the stress-strain curves of double polymer networks (DPNs), containing both transient and permanent components, at different strain rates. Lifetime and density of transient CLs control the relaxation spectrum of transient networks and determine the mechanical properties of DPNs. A Rouse mode analysis reveals that at high strain rates the mechanical strength of DPNs is defined jointly by the cross-linking structures of permanent and transient networks. At low strain rates, the cross-linking structure of transient network relaxes, leaving the permanent component of the network as a sole contributor to the mechanical strength of DPNs. The transient network is shown to facilitate a dissipation of energy at higher strain rates and prevents a rupture of the network, while the permanent network preserves the structural integrity of the composite at low strain rates. This study provides computational and theoretical foundations for designing polymer composites with desirable mechanical strength and toughness by means of tuning transient networks.
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- Xue-Zheng Cao
- Department of Physics , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , People's Republic of China
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany
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- Department of Physics , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , People's Republic of China
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Nakajima T, Ozaki Y, Namba R, Ota K, Maida Y, Matsuda T, Kurokawa T, Gong JP. Tough Double-Network Gels and Elastomers from the Nonprestretched First Network. ACS Macro Lett 2019; 8:1407-1412. [PMID: 35651176 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Double-network (DN) gels and elastomers, which consist of two (or more) rubbery polymer networks with contrasting physical properties, have received significant attention as they are extremely tough soft materials. The first network of tough DN materials should be more brittle and weaker than the second network. In this paper, we re-examined the structural requirements of the covalently cross-linked first network of tough DN materials and established a nonprestretching strategy. While prestretching of network strands has been considered necessary for the preparation of the brittle and weak first network, we found that a nonprestretched network having a short strand length and low strand density can be used as the brittle and weak first network for preparation of both tough DN gels and elastomers. This work can further expand the chemical and mechanical diversity of DN materials.
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- Tasuku Nakajima
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
- Soft Matter GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
- WPI-ICReDD, Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, N10W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, N10W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, N10W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, N10W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
- Soft Matter GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
- Soft Matter GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University, N21W11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
- WPI-ICReDD, Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
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Zhang H, Zeng D, Pan Y, Chen Y, Ruan Y, Xu Y, Boulatov R, Creton C, Weng W. Mechanochromism and optical remodeling of multi-network elastomers containing anthracene dimers. Chem Sci 2019; 10:8367-8373. [PMID: 31803415 PMCID: PMC6839589 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02580d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Multi-network elastomers are both stiff and tough by virtue of containing a pre-stretched stiff network that can rupture and dissipate energy under load. However, the rupture of this sacrificial network in all described covalent multi-network elastomers is irreversible. Herein, we describe the first example of multi-network elastomers with a reformable sacrificial network containing mechanochemically sensitive anthracene-dimer cross-links. These cross-links also make our elastomers mechanochromic, with coloration that is both persistent and reversible, because the fluorogenic moiety (anthracene dimer) is regenerated upon irradiation of the material. In proof-of-concept experiments we demonstrate the utility of incorporating anthracene dimers in the backbone of the sacrificial network for monitoring mechanochemical remodeling of multi-network elastomers under cycling mechanical load. Stretching or compressing these elastomers makes them fluorescent and irradiating them eliminates the fluorescence by regenerating anthracene dimers. Reformable mechanochromic cross-links, exemplified by anthracene dimers, hold potential for enabling detailed studies of the molecular origin of the unique mechanical properties of multi-network elastomers.
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- Huan Zhang
- Department of Chemistry , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen , Fujian 361005 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen , Fujian 361005 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen , Fujian 361005 , P. R. China .
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- Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle , ESPCI Paris , PSL University , Sorbonne Université , CNRS , F-75005 Paris , France .
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- Department of Chemistry , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen , Fujian 361005 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen , Fujian 361005 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Liverpool , Donnan Lab , G31, Crown Street , Liverpool , L69 7ZD GB , UK .
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- Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle , ESPCI Paris , PSL University , Sorbonne Université , CNRS , F-75005 Paris , France .
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- Department of Chemistry , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen , Fujian 361005 , P. R. China .
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