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On the Synergistic Effect of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets to Enhance the Functional Properties of SLS 3D-Printed Elastomeric Structures
Elastomer-based porous structures realized by selective laser sintering (SLS) are emerging as a new class of attractive multifunctional materials. Herein, a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) powder for SLS was modified by 1 wt.% multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs) or a mixture of MWCNTs and graphen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7465336/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32824584 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12081841 |
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author | Rollo, Gennaro Ronca, Alfredo Cerruti, Pierfrancesco Gan, Xin Peng Fei, Guoxia Xia, Hesheng Gorokhov, Gleb Bychanok, Dzmitry Kuzhir, Polina Lavorgna, Marino Ambrosio, Luigi |
author_facet | Rollo, Gennaro Ronca, Alfredo Cerruti, Pierfrancesco Gan, Xin Peng Fei, Guoxia Xia, Hesheng Gorokhov, Gleb Bychanok, Dzmitry Kuzhir, Polina Lavorgna, Marino Ambrosio, Luigi |
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description | Elastomer-based porous structures realized by selective laser sintering (SLS) are emerging as a new class of attractive multifunctional materials. Herein, a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) powder for SLS was modified by 1 wt.% multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs) or a mixture of MWCNTs and graphene (GE) nanoparticles (70/30 wt/wt) in order to investigate on both the synergistic effect provided by the two conductive nanostructured carbonaceous fillers and the correlation between formulation, morphology, and final properties of SLS printed porous structures. In detail, porous structures with a porosity ranging from 20% to 60% were designed using Diamond (D) and Gyroid (G) unit cells. Results showed that the carbonaceous fillers improve the thermal stability of the elastomeric matrix. Furthermore, the TPU/1 wt.% MWCNTs-GE-based porous structures exhibit excellent electrical conductivity and mechanical strength. In particular, all porous structures exhibit a robust negative piezoresistive behavior, as demonstrated from the gauge factor (GF) values that reach values of about −13 at 8% strain. Furthermore, the G20 porous structures (20% of porosity) exhibit microwave absorption coefficients ranging from 0.70 to 0.91 in the 12–18 GHz region and close to 1 at THz frequencies (300 GHz–1 THz). Results show that the simultaneous presence of MWCNTs and GE brings a significant enhancement of specific functional properties of the porous structures, which are proposed as potential actuators with relevant electro-magnetic interference (EMI) shielding properties. |
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spelling | pubmed-74653362020-09-04 On the Synergistic Effect of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets to Enhance the Functional Properties of SLS 3D-Printed Elastomeric Structures Rollo, Gennaro Ronca, Alfredo Cerruti, Pierfrancesco Gan, Xin Peng Fei, Guoxia Xia, Hesheng Gorokhov, Gleb Bychanok, Dzmitry Kuzhir, Polina Lavorgna, Marino Ambrosio, Luigi Polymers (Basel) Article Elastomer-based porous structures realized by selective laser sintering (SLS) are emerging as a new class of attractive multifunctional materials. Herein, a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) powder for SLS was modified by 1 wt.% multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs) or a mixture of MWCNTs and graphene (GE) nanoparticles (70/30 wt/wt) in order to investigate on both the synergistic effect provided by the two conductive nanostructured carbonaceous fillers and the correlation between formulation, morphology, and final properties of SLS printed porous structures. In detail, porous structures with a porosity ranging from 20% to 60% were designed using Diamond (D) and Gyroid (G) unit cells. Results showed that the carbonaceous fillers improve the thermal stability of the elastomeric matrix. Furthermore, the TPU/1 wt.% MWCNTs-GE-based porous structures exhibit excellent electrical conductivity and mechanical strength. In particular, all porous structures exhibit a robust negative piezoresistive behavior, as demonstrated from the gauge factor (GF) values that reach values of about −13 at 8% strain. Furthermore, the G20 porous structures (20% of porosity) exhibit microwave absorption coefficients ranging from 0.70 to 0.91 in the 12–18 GHz region and close to 1 at THz frequencies (300 GHz–1 THz). Results show that the simultaneous presence of MWCNTs and GE brings a significant enhancement of specific functional properties of the porous structures, which are proposed as potential actuators with relevant electro-magnetic interference (EMI) shielding properties. MDPI 2020-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7465336/ /pubmed/32824584 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12081841 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rollo, Gennaro Ronca, Alfredo Cerruti, Pierfrancesco Gan, Xin Peng Fei, Guoxia Xia, Hesheng Gorokhov, Gleb Bychanok, Dzmitry Kuzhir, Polina Lavorgna, Marino Ambrosio, Luigi On the Synergistic Effect of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets to Enhance the Functional Properties of SLS 3D-Printed Elastomeric Structures |
title | On the Synergistic Effect of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets to Enhance the Functional Properties of SLS 3D-Printed Elastomeric Structures |
title_full | On the Synergistic Effect of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets to Enhance the Functional Properties of SLS 3D-Printed Elastomeric Structures |
title_fullStr | On the Synergistic Effect of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets to Enhance the Functional Properties of SLS 3D-Printed Elastomeric Structures |
title_full_unstemmed | On the Synergistic Effect of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets to Enhance the Functional Properties of SLS 3D-Printed Elastomeric Structures |
title_short | On the Synergistic Effect of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets to Enhance the Functional Properties of SLS 3D-Printed Elastomeric Structures |
title_sort | on the synergistic effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets to enhance the functional properties of sls 3d-printed elastomeric structures |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7465336/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32824584 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12081841 |
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