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Ultralight nanofibre-assembled cellular aerogels with superelasticity and multifunctionality

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  • Yang Si

    (State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University)

  • Jianyong Yu

    (Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University
    Nanomaterials Research Center, Modern Textile Institute, Donghua University)

  • Xiaomin Tang

    (Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University)

  • Jianlong Ge

    (Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University)

  • Bin Ding

    (State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University
    Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University)

Abstract

Three-dimensional nanofibrous aerogels (NFAs) that are both highly compressible and resilient would have broad technological implications for areas ranging from electrical devices and bioengineering to damping materials; however, creating such NFAs has proven extremely challenging. Here we report a novel strategy to create fibrous, isotropically bonded elastic reconstructed (FIBER) NFAs with a hierarchical cellular structure and superelasticity by combining electrospun nanofibres and the fibrous freeze-shaping technique. Our approach causes the intrinsically lamellar deposited electrospun nanofibres to assemble into elastic bulk aerogels with tunable densities and desirable shapes on a large scale. The resulting FIBER NFAs exhibit densities of >0.12 mg cm−3, rapid recovery from deformation, efficient energy absorption and multifunctionality in terms of the combination of thermal insulation, sound absorption, emulsion separation and elasticity-responsive electric conduction. The successful synthesis of such fascinating materials may provide new insights into the design and development of multifunctional NFAs for various applications.

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  • Yang Si & Jianyong Yu & Xiaomin Tang & Jianlong Ge & Bin Ding, 2014. "Ultralight nanofibre-assembled cellular aerogels with superelasticity and multifunctionality," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms6802
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6802
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