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Fabricating bio-inspired high impact resistance carbon nanotube network films for multi-protection under an extreme environment

Mingquan Zhu1,2,§, Kailu Xiao3,§, Wei Zhang2,4,§, Xudong Lei2,4, Yunxiang Bai1,2( ), Shijun Wang1,2, Peng Zhang1,2, Feng Gao1,2, Congying Wang1,2, Wenqiang Xu1,2, Huiyong Li1,2, Xianqian Wu2,4, Chao Wang5, Hui Zhang1,2, Luqi Liu1,2, Zhong Zhang1,2,6( )
CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77840, USA
Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China

§ Mingquan Zhu, Kailu Xiao, and Wei Zhang contributed equally to this work.

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We fabricated bioinspired carbon nanotube network films (PAMAM@C-CNTF) with excellent impact resistance, which have a hierarchical toughen mechanism. Additional functions including intelligent heating/anti-icing, ultraviolet protection, as well as electromagnetic interference shielding properties make these network films have great potential in practical multi-protection applications, especially under an extreme environment.

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The fabrication of light-weight, highly impact-resistant, and energy-absorbent materials is urgently demanded in many facets of the society from body armor to aerospace engineering, especially under an extreme environment. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), one of the strongest and toughest materials ever found, also have good conductivity, chemical stability, and thermal stability, etc, making them a competitive candidate as building blocks to help achieve the above goal. In this work, a kind of CNT network was prepared by using chlorosulfonic acid (CSA) to release the internal stress of super-aligned carbon nanotube films (SA-CNTF) and dendritic polyamide amine (PAMAM) to further introduce multiple hydrogen bonds and interlocking structures. The fabricated bioinspired carbon nanotube network films (PAMAM@C-CNTF) have a high toughness of 45.97 MJ/m3, showing an increase of 420% compared to neat SA-CNTF. More importantly, the anti-impact performance of the films (e.g., with a maximum specific energy absorption of 1.40 MJ/kg under 80–100 m/s projectile impact) is superior to that of conventional protective materials from steel and Kevlar fiber, and also exceeds that of any other reported carbon-based materials. The hierarchical energy dissipation mechanism was further revealed through experiment and simulation. Additional functions including intelligent heating/anti-icing, ultraviolet protection, as well as electromagnetic interference shielding properties make these network films have great potential in practical multi-protection applications, especially under an extreme environment.

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 9,
September 2024
Pages 7793-7802
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-024-6790-3
Cite this article:
Zhu M, Xiao K, Zhang W, et al. Fabricating bio-inspired high impact resistance carbon nanotube network films for multi-protection under an extreme environment. Nano Research, 2024, 17(9): 7793-7802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6790-3
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Received: 24 March 2024
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