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Vol. 14 (2022)

Precise Thermoplastic Processing of Graphene Oxide Layered Solid by Polymer Intercalation

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00755-8
Zeshen Li
MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Fan Guo
MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Kai Pang
MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Jiahao Lin
MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Qiang Gao
School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People’s Republic of China
Yance Chen
MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Dan Chang
MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Ya Wang
MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Senping Liu
MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Yi Han
Hangzhou Gaoxi Technology Co. Ltd, Yuhang District, Liangzhu 311113, People’s Republic of China
Yingjun Liu
MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Zhen Xu
MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Chao Gao
MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Chao Gao

chaogao@zju.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 14 (2022), Article Number: 12

Abstract

The processing capability is vital for the wide applications of materials to forge structures as-demand. Graphene-based macroscopic materials have shown excellent mechanical and functional properties. However, different from usual polymers and metals, graphene solids exhibit limited deformability and processibility for precise forming. Here, we present a precise thermoplastic forming of graphene materials by polymer intercalation from graphene oxide (GO) precursor. The intercalated polymer enables the thermoplasticity of GO solids by thermally activated motion of polymer chains. We detect a critical minimum containing of intercalated polymer that can expand the interlayer spacing exceeding 1.4 nm to activate thermoplasticity, which becomes the criteria for thermal plastic forming of GO solids. By thermoplastic forming, the flat GO-composite films are forged to Gaussian curved shapes and imprinted to have surface relief patterns with size precision down to 360 nm. The plastic-formed structures maintain the structural integration with outstanding electrical (3.07 × 105 S m−1) and thermal conductivity (745.65 W m−1 K−1) after removal of polymers. The thermoplastic strategy greatly extends the forming capability of GO materials and other layered materials and promises versatile structural designs for more broad applications.


Highlights:


1 A solvent-free thermoplastic forming processing of graphene materials is invented by polymer intercalation from graphene oxide precursor.
2 The correlation between interlayer spacing and thermoplastic forming capability of polymer-intercalated graphene oxide solid is uncovered.
3 The multi-scale forming of graphene materials from Gaussian curved shapes to surface relief patterns with size precision down to 360 nm is realized.

Keywords

Thermoplastic forming Graphene materials Polymer intercalation Processing capability Structural design
Li, Zeshen, Fan Guo, Kai Pang, Jiahao Lin, Qiang Gao, Yance Chen, Dan Chang, Ya Wang, Senping Liu, Yi Han, Yingjun Liu, Zhen Xu, and Chao Gao. 2021. “Precise Thermoplastic Processing of Graphene Oxide Layered Solid by Polymer Intercalation”. Nano-Micro Letters 14 (December):12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00755-8.
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