FIBERS AND POLYMERS
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2024
·Vol. 25
·期 4
·1291-1299
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IF 2.2
Li Zhilei,Zhou Jianping,Xu Yan,Shang Yukui,Chen Changhua,Ran Tongtong
Effective farmland management requires real-time monitoring of plant growth status and timely response to stressors. To achieve this goal, we utilized wire organic electrochemical transistors (WECTs) to convert ion signals in plant vasculature into electrical signals in circuits, enabling the detection of ion concentrations. In our study, we employed a flexible substrate composed of a core-sheath structure nanofiber yarn impregnated with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) as a semiconductor channel. The gate was made of silver wire, while silver paste was sprayed at both ends of the core-sheath yarn to serve as a source and drain. This configuration allowed us to construct a wire organic electrochemical transistor that exhibited modulation performance and sensitivity at low voltages, with a transconductance of 1.07 × 10 –4 S. We conducted sodium ion concentration testing and successfully achieved the sensing of sodium ions at concentrations ranging from 10 –4 to 10 –1 M. This study lays the groundwork for the future development of organic electrochemical transistors in plants, enabling in situ detection of sodium ion concentrations under salt stress.
研究领域:
农业科学
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材料科学
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植物生理学
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Polymers
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2025
·Vol. 17
·期 1
·100
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IF 4.9
Ben Liu,Shixiao Wang,Hanling Guo,Huibo Yin,Yuqiu Song,Min Gong,Liang Zhang,Xiang Lin,Dongrui Wang
Poly(glycolic acid) (PGA) is a rapidly degradable polymer mainly used in medical applications, attributed to its relatively high cost. Reducing its price will boost its utilization in a wider range of application fields, such as gas barriers and shale gas extraction. This article presents a strategy that utilizes recycled PGA as a raw material alongside typical carbon nanomaterials, such as graphene oxide nanosheets (GO) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), to produce low-cost, fully degradable yarns via electrospinning and twisting techniques. The results demonstrate that the tensile strength of the PGA/GO composite yarn increased to 21.36 MPa, and the elastic modulus attained a value of 259.51 MPa with a 3 wt% of GO loading. The addition of an appropriate amount of GO enhances the tensile resistance of the composite yarns to a certain extent. However, excessive application of GO and CNTs can lead to surface defects in the nanofibers, reducing their mechanical properties. Moreover, the integration of both materials could inhibit the degradation process of PGA to some extent, thereby partially addressing the issue of excessive degradation rates associated with the relatively low molecular weight of recycled PGA.
研究领域:
材料科学
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医学工程
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环境科学
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Advanced Fiber Materials
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2023
·Vol. 5
·期 5
·1725-1736
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IF 16.1
Jiang Wangkai,Li Tingting,Hussain Bilqees,Zhou Suibo,Wang Zheshan,Peng Yu,Hu Jianchen,Zhang Ke-Qin
Thermoelectric (TE) textiles which can harvest thermal energy from the human body, are highly desirable and vital to the charging of wearable electronics owing to their stable and long-term power output. The typical carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns or bismuth telluride (Bi 2 Te 3 ) based inorganic TE materials used hitherto limit the development of TE textiles, because of their high cost and rareness. In this work, scalable and high-TE performance carbon nanotube composite yarns (CNTYs) are developed using p- and n-type tuneable multi-wall CNTs and single-wall CNTs as TE materials and waterborne polyurethane (WPU) as the binder. The mechanical properties of the CNTYs are tuned and improved considerably by adding a small amount of WPU. Furthermore, TE yarns with p- and n-type segmented structures are prepared by treating CNTYs with poly(3, 4-ethylene dioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate solution and n-type dopant polyetherimide, respectively. Based on the prepared p- and n-type segmented TE yarns, a TE textile with 75 p–n pairs that achieve outstanding TE output is fabricated. The TE textile can generate a high power density of 95.74 μW m −2 with a voltage density of 3.76 V m −2 at a temperature difference of 32 K. It provides an output voltage of ~ 37 mV outdoors (~ 12 ℃) when worn on the arm and demonstrates potential application to electronic devices after amplification. The fabrication method used in this study is not only a low-cost, scalable for preparing high-performance TE yarns but also realizes the body heat harvesting and temperature sensing of yarn-based TE textiles. Graphical Abstract
研究领域:
材料科学
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能源技术
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纺织工程
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高影响因子
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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IF 8.128
Xuejiao Tao,Yuman Zhou,Kun Qi,Chaozhong Guo,Yunling Dai,Jianxin He,Zhao Dai
Flexible triboelectric generators present a wide range of prospective applications owing to their small size, light weight, and wearability; in addition, they can convert external mechanical energy into electrical energy to provide an energy supply for wearable electronic products. In this study, a wearable textile triboelectric generator was developed by weaving polyurethane (PU) nanofiber core-spun yarn and Si 3 N 4 -electret-doped polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofiber core-spun yarn into a double-layer fabric. Within the double-layer fabric, one layer was Si 3 N 4 -doped PVDF (denoted as Si 3 N 4 @PVDF) nanofiber fabric, and the other was PU nanofiber fabric. When subjected to an external mechanical force, PU nanofiber fabric and Si 3 N 4 @PVDF nanofiber fabric came into contact and were able to convert external mechanical energy into electrical energy. The most notable instantaneous electrical performance of this triboelectric nanogenerator was open circuit voltage of 71 V, short-circuit current of 0.7 μA, and output power of 56 μW. Additionally, the wearable textile triboelectric generator exhibited superior washability, stability, and cycle durability. More significantly, it was capable of driving some low-consumption electronic products, including capacitors, LED bulbs, and digital meters, thereby exhibiting a strong potential for flexible self-powered electronic devices and intelligent textiles .
研究领域:
纳米能源材料
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智能纺织工程
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柔性电子学
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能量收集技术
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可穿戴设备
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DOI
高影响因子
PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
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2024
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IF 6.5
Jiajing Zhang,Zhuan Fu,Chunhua Zhang,Feng Qiu,Jiahao Xu,Liangjun Xia,Yuhai Guo,Weilin Xu
The development of textile wearable electronics has increased demands and requirements for thermal management materials due to integrated and miniaturized soft equipment. In this work, the surface of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibers was first decorated by polydopamine (PDA) to improve the surface activity and construct a steady interface layer. Then the boron nitride/polyurethane coating surface modified UHMWPE composite yarns with good thermal conductivity were produced using a coaxial wet forming process. The thermally conductive composite yarns demonstrated great mechanical properties (5.09 % strain, 0.79 N/tex strength) and thermal conductivity (0.54 ± 0.02 W·mK −1 ) with the BN/PU weight ratio of 1. Furthermore, the resistance to failure cycles was taken place, and the composite yarns kept good thermal conductivity after multiple cycles twisting, bending, washing, cooling and heating cycles. By the coaxial wet fabrication, the thermally conductive composite yarns were constructed, offering a viable and trustworthy method for creating polymer-based thermal interface materials with high thermal conductivity.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纺织工程
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热管理
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高分子科学
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2022
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IF 16.744
Wei Fan,Yao Zhang,Yanli Sun,Shujuan Wang,Cong Zhang,Xichen Yu,Weiting Wang,Kai Dong
Antibacterial textiles play an important role in preventing the spread of infectious diseases. However, the development of their application is limited due to the lack of controlled release of antibacterial agents, low antibacterial efficiency and poor antibacterial durability under high temperature environment. The preparation of antimicrobial nanofibers by heating-controlled release and electrospinning may be an effective solution. In this paper, we prepared twisted composite yarns with high abrasion resistance, excellent electrothermal properties, light properties, antibacterial properties and slow-release properties using the technique of conjugate electrospinning combined with the conventional twisting process. With an applied voltage of 2 V, the temperature of the composite twisted fabric can reach 45 ℃, which obviously promotes the release of antibacterial agent in the nanofiber compared with the normal temperature. The photo thermoelectric properties of the yarn also enable body temperature management, with heating to high temperatures at low voltages. In addition, the twisted composite yarn inhibited S. aureus , E. coli and C. albicans up to 99.6 %, 95.7 % and 72.5 %, respectively, and the inhibition rate was almost unchanged after 20 times of water washing. The twisted composite yarn reported in the present article would provide a new methodology for to multi-functional textiles.
研究领域:
纺织科学
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材料科学
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生物医学工程
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DOI
高影响因子
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2025
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IF 19
Yuman Zhou,Xiaohan Shi,Meng An,Kai Weng,Zhihao Lei,Qing Zhang,John Haozhong Xin
Perspiration transpiration-induced electrical generator offers an innovative solution for developing self-powered intelligent textiles, enabling the seamless integration of emerging technologies into daily routine, however their performance is often constrained by inefficient water transport in tortuous channels and structural instability caused by water swelling. Inspired by vascular bundle in Neottopteris antiqua , a nanoassembly strategy is proposed to fabricate nanofiber/nanosheet hybrid yarn through bath electrospinning. The yarn exhibited an excellent 1D oriented nanoscale channel structure and exceptional weaving ability. Subsequent functionalization strategies imparting cross-linking feature to the nanofiber/graphene yarn yielded consistent structure and remarkable water anti-swelling capability, maintaining structural stability even after 10 days of water immersion. Further assembled into a TEG, a single 4-cm-long yarn demonstrated the output voltage of 295 mV and current of 1.82 µA in a water environment, which increased to 360.4 mV and 2.57 µA under simulated perspiration conditions. When configured into a waterproof fabric through series-parallel connection of 62-cm yarns, an enhanced output voltage of 1.85 V is achieved, sufficiently powering small electronic devices such as lamp bead and display screen. This study highlights the yarns’ remarkable potential for robust and efficient applications in next-generation self-powered intelligent textiles.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米技术
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能量收集
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纺织工程
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柔性电子学
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生物启发（仿生学）
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DOI
高影响因子
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
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2023
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IF 8.7
Xiaoming Qi,Wenjun Wang,Hongbo Dai,Yaofeng Zhu,Yubing Dong,Shao-Yun Fu,Qingqing Ni,Yaqin Fu
Shape memory polymer fibers (SMPFs) coated with conductive layers are attracting increasing attention in soft robots and wearable electronics. However, the thickness and poor stretchability of the conductive layer hinder its applications. Here, the multifunctional two-way shape memory reduced graphene oxide (RGO)/ethylene–vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) composite yarn is designed following the “swelling-ultrasonicating” and one-step twisting procedures. These RGO/EVA composite fiber conductive paths connected with each other by constructing the helical conductive network. The RGO/EVA composite yarn presents excellent electro-thermal conversion performance and outstanding load-bearing capability, enabling controlled electro-driven reversible strain (more than 10% reversible strain) and high energy density (72.5 J/kg). Additionally, the composite yarn has great stretchability (130% strain), high strain sensing sensitivity (gauge factor of 7.3), large linear working range (up to 70% strain). This work provides an innovative manufacturing strategy for the RGO/EVA composite yarn with two-way shape memory, electro-driven actuation, and strain sensing performance.
研究领域:
材料科学
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机器人技术
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可穿戴技术
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复合材料
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机电系统
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DOI
高影响因子
危险品化学品经营许可证（带存储）