Polystyrene/thermoplastic polyurethane interpenetrating network-based nanocomposite with high-speed, thermo-responsive shape memory behavior
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Abstract
In the recent years, generation of flexible, mechanically tough, shape memory (SM) polymers has gained a remarkable significance both in academic section and in the field of soft robotics, smart textiles, self-deployable structures (especially used in aerospace), actuators, bio-medical devices and so on. But designing of such materials poses a credible challenge to researchers in the field. Hence, in this work, we develop a bis(hydroxyalkyl)poly(dimethylsiloxane) capped-(3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane functionalized-hydroxy iron oxide anchored-reduced graphene oxide nanohybrid which serves as a reinforcing agent for the generation of nanocomposites with SM, self-tightening and hydrophobic attributes. The prepared polystyrene/thermoplastic polyurethane (PS/TPU) interpenetrating network (IPN) nanocomposites recover their original shape at a faster rate (within 20-40s upon thermal heating and within 100-140s upon exposure to sunlight) compared to other similar type SM materials (require h to min). Moreover, the nanocomposites also showed thermally actuated artificial muscle-like and self-tightening behaviors. In addition, the nanocomposite containing 1 wt% nanohybrid demonstrated >200% increase in tensile strength, >120% increase in initial thermal degradation temperature, and strong surface hydrophobicity (static contact angle >120 degrees). Therefore, the reported nanocomposites have considerable prospect for different smart applications.
Details
Original language | German |
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Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Polymer |
Volume | 200 |
Publication status | Published - 18 Jun 2020 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
Scopus | 85084801700 |
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ORCID | /0000-0002-4531-691X/work/148608055 |
Keywords
Keywords
- Artificial muscle, Interpenetrating network, Polyurethane, Shape memory