Issue 1, 2023

Dynamic polymer nanocomposites towards strain sensors and customizable resistors

Abstract

In the future, well-engineered and optimized flexible electronic devices will be woven into everyday accessories such as clothes, furniture, and healthcare monitoring devices. Herein, a series of multifunctional, flexible, conductive, and self-healing polymer nanocomposites that contribute to multiple electronic applications are reported. RAFT polymerization is employed in a modular approach to synthesize dynamic polymer nanocomposites (DPNs) using different architectures including interpenetrating (IPN) and block copolymer (BCN) networks through dynamic Diels–Alder and hydrogen bond cross-links. Structure–property relationships highlighting the impact of network architecture, chain-length, cross-link density, and carbon nanotubes loading are explored. Controlled addition of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as nano-reinforcements produces electrically conductive and mechanically enhanced DPNs with demonstrated application in the regulation of current flow towards a dimmable light emitting diode (LED). Further application of DPNs as strain sensors and customizable/tunable electrical resistors is demonstrated. Overall, this report furnishes new insights into designing next-generation custom resistors and materials for smart LED lighting.

Graphical abstract: Dynamic polymer nanocomposites towards strain sensors and customizable resistors

Supplementary files

Transparent peer review

To support increased transparency, we offer authors the option to publish the peer review history alongside their article.

View this article’s peer review history

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Apr 2023
Accepted
02 Jul 2023
First published
20 Jul 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Appl. Polym., 2023,1, 30-45

Dynamic polymer nanocomposites towards strain sensors and customizable resistors

O. J. Dodo, I. O. Raji, I. J. Arny, C. P. Myers, L. Petit, K. Walpita, D. Dunn, C. J. Thrasher and D. Konkolewicz, RSC Appl. Polym., 2023, 1, 30 DOI: 10.1039/D3LP00012E

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. You can use material from this article in other publications, without requesting further permission from the RSC, provided that the correct acknowledgement is given and it is not used for commercial purposes.

To request permission to reproduce material from this article in a commercial publication, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party commercial publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements