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Flexible Thermal Protection Polymeric Materials with Self-Sensing and Self-Adaptation Deformation Abilities

Journal

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 15, Issue 12, Pages 15986-15997

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c22762

Keywords

intelligent self-sensing; self-adaptation deformation; flexible thermal protection; ablation resistance; fire warning

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Based on a strategy of utilizing thermally expandable microspheres, researchers have developed a new material for temperature-responsive controllable deformation. By introducing hollow structures and zinc borate into a silicone rubber matrix, the material exhibits intelligent thermal management and control over thermal conductivity. It can adaptively expand with increasing temperature and provide reliable sealing. Additionally, a sensor with a sandwich structure composed of different functional layers has been designed, which can provide real-time remote warning of fire and overheating sites with a response time as short as 1 second. This research opens up new possibilities for fabricating intelligent thermal protection materials.
Based on the strategy of killing two birds with one stone, we introduce thermally expandable microspheres into a silicone rubber matrix to fabricate temperature-responsive controllable deformation materials, which exhibit intelligent deformation properties as well as enhanced thermal protection performance, for dynamic thermal protection in the next-generation morphing aircrafts. The formation of hollow structures endows the material with intelligent thermal management ability and makes the thermal conductivity controllable, meeting the requirements of rapid deformation and excellent thermal insulation. The dimensions of the material adaptively expand with increasing temperature, and a constant 50N force can be provided to ensure reliable sealing. Moreover, benefiting from the synergistic effect of the hollow structure and zinc borate in the ceramization process of the silicone rubber, the 10 mm thick material can reduce the temperature from 2000 to 63 degrees C, and the mass ablation rate is only 4.8 mg/s. To broaden the application of our material, a sensor with a sandwich structure composed of different functional layers is designed. It is pleasantly surprising to observe that the sensor can provide real-time remote warning of fire and overheating sites with a response time as short as 1 s. This synergistic strategy opens a new possibility to fabricate intelligent thermal protection materials.

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