Liquid metal polymer composite: Flexible, conductive, biocompatible, and antimicrobial scaffold

Author(s):  
Shadi Houshyar ◽  
Aaqil Rifai ◽  
Rumbidzai Zizhou ◽  
Chaitali Dekiwadia ◽  
Marsilea A. Booth ◽  
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Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinjin Luan ◽  
Qing Wang ◽  
Xu Zheng ◽  
Yao Li ◽  
Ning Wang

To avoid conductive failure due to the cracks of the metal thin film under external loads for the wearable strain sensor, a stretchable metal/polymer composite film embedded with silver nanowires (AgNWs) was examined as a potential candidate. The combination of Ag film and AgNWs enabled the fabrication of a conductive film that was applied as a high sensitivity strain sensor, with gauge factors of 7.1 under the applied strain of 0–10% and 21.1 under the applied strain of 10–30%. Furthermore, the strain sensor was demonstrated to be highly reversible and remained stable after 1000 bending cycles. These results indicated that the AgNWs could act as elastic conductive bridges across cracks in the metal film to maintain high conductivity under tensile and bending loads. As such, the strain sensor engineered herein was successfully applied in the real-time detection and monitoring of large motions of joints and subtle motions of the mouth.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Said-Galiev ◽  
M. S. Rubina ◽  
A. Yu. Vasil’kov ◽  
A. V. Naumkin ◽  
A. R. Khokhlov ◽  
...  

Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Peng ◽  
Huaizhi Liu ◽  
Yumeng Xin ◽  
Jiuyang Zhang

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo E. Feistauer ◽  
Jorge F. Santos ◽  
Sergio T. Amancio‐Filho

2021 ◽  
pp. 74-82
Author(s):  
Valery Pechenyuk ◽  
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Yuri Popov ◽  

The analysis of existing aircraft structures made of metal-polymer composite materials is carried out, and a list of them with passport characteristics is compiled. The Fokker F-27 Friendship, Boeing-777 and Airbus A380, which use ARALL and GLARE materials, were selected as the aircraft under study. Formulas are determined and the distribution of normal force flows between metal and composite elements in the composition of MPCM based on aluminum sheets (aluminum-fiberglass – SIAL- 1-1, SIAL-3-1 and SIAL-1441 (9/8)) and titanium alloys (samples of titanium-carbon fiber from the patent-Example 1 and Example 3). To determine these parameters, the formulas used for a composite structure made of different materials are used. On the basis of the specification known MPCM the modified formula mixture rule for calculating the strength of new materials with a given set of orientation angles of PCM and the presence of layers of sheet metal, a comparison with standard mechanical characteristics and to show the efficiency of these formulas. Using these formulas, you can determine the strength characteristics for an arbitrary composition of the MPCM package. The features of the choice of design permissible stresses for the design of the airframe of a mainline aircraft made of metal-polymer composite material are highlighted. The concept of designing aircraft airframe elements using MPCM is considered. The results of this work will allow us to determine the rational components of the metal-polymer composite material and the structure of their distribution in the airframe design at the preliminary design stage.


Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 651
Author(s):  
Xu Zheng ◽  
Qing Wang ◽  
Jinjin Luan ◽  
Yao Li ◽  
Ning Wang

Mechanical stability and repeatability are significant factors for the application of metal film flexible electronic devices. In this work, patterned metal/polymer composite films with good mechanical stability and repeatability were fabricated through nanoimprint technology. The mechanical properties characteristic of metal/polymer composite films were exhibited by resistance change (ΔR/R0) after cyclic tension and bending loading. It was found that the ΔR/R0 and error line of patterned metal/polymer composite film was far lower than the other control groups for repeated experiments, which indicates that patterned metal film has excellent mechanical properties and repeatability. The double cantilever beam method was employed to measure the interfacial adhesion properties of composite films. The average interfacial adhesion of patterned metal/polymer composite films is shown to be over 2.9 and 2.2 times higher than that of metal film deposited on bare polymer and metal nanowire-treated polymer substrates, respectively.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ümit Çevik ◽  
Menderes Kam

In addition to traditional manufacturing methods, Additive Manufacturing (AM) has become a widespread production technique used in the industry. The Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) method is one of the most known and widely used additive manufacturing techniques. Due to the fact that polymer-based materials used as depositing materials by the FDM method in printing of parts have insufficient mechanical properties, the technique generally has limited application areas such as model making and prototyping. With the development of polymer-based materials with improved mechanical properties, this technique can be preferred in wider application areas. In this context, analysis of the mechanical properties of the products has an important role in the production method with FDM. This study investigated the mechanical properties of the products obtained by metal/polymer composite filament production and FDM method in detail. It was reviewed current literature on the production of metal/polymer composite filaments with better mechanical properties than filaments compatible with three-dimensional (3D) printers. As a result, it was found that by adding reinforcements of composites in various proportions, products with high mechanical properties can be obtained. Thus, it was predicted that the composite products obtained in this way can be used in wider application areas.


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