期刊
SMALL
卷 17, 期 19, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100066
关键词
breaking strength; carbon nanotubes; hydrogen bonds; silk fibroin; surface interaction
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资金
- NSF of China [21975141, 51672153]
- National Key Basic Research and Development Program [2016YFA0200103]
By infiltrating silk fibroin into carbon nanotube fibers, strong and stiff CNT fibers can be prepared, with significantly enhanced mechanical properties. The addition of glycerol helps to enhance the beta-sheet conformation of silk fibroin, further increasing the strength and modulus of the carbon nanotube fibers.
Natural materials, such as silk, nacre, and bone, possess superior mechanical properties which are derived from their unique hierarchical structures. Individual carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered as one of the strongest materials. However, macroscopic CNT fibers usually have breaking strength far below that of individual CNTs. In this work, by mimicking the structure of natural silk fibers, strong and stiff CNT fibers are prepared by infiltrating silk fibroin (SF) into CNT fibers. There are abundant hydrogen bonds in SF, contributing to the enhanced interactions between neighboring CNTs. Glycerol is selected to promote the formation of beta-sheet conformation in SF, leading to further enhanced strength and modulus. Remarkably, the SF infiltrated CNT fibers show breaking strength of 1023 MPa, toughness of 10.3 MJ m(-3), and Young's modulus of 81.3 GPa, which are 250%, 132%, and 442% of the pristine CNT fibers. The structure of the SF and the interactions between CNTs and SF are studied via Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulation. Mimicking the hierarchical structures of natural silk fibers and enhance the interfacial load transfer by infiltrating SF are effective for reinforcing CNT fibers, which may be useful in the design and preparation of other structural materials.
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