Highly deformable rigid glassy conjugated polymeric thin films

Y Wang, S Zhang, G Freychet, Z Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wearable devices benefit from the use of stretchable conjugated polymers (CPs).
Traditionally, the design of stretchable CPs is based on the assumption that a low elastic …

Molecular insights into the temperature and pressure dependence of mechanical behavior and dynamics of Na-montmorillonite clay

S Ghazanfari, A Alesadi, Y Liao, Y Zhang… - Nanoscale …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sodium montmorillonite (Na-MMT) clay mineral is a common type of swelling clay that has
potential applications for nuclear waste storage at high temperatures and pressures …

Improving properties of curdlan/nanocellulose blended film via optimizing drying temperature

L Zhou, K Wang, L Bian, T Chang, C Zhang - Food Hydrocolloids, 2023 - Elsevier
Curdlan (CD) and nanocellulose (NC) are both promising materials that can be applied for
developing biodegradable and edible blended films. However, the extensive utilization in …

Understanding the thermomechanical behavior of graphene-reinforced conjugated polymer nanocomposites via coarse-grained modeling

Y Wang, Z Li, D Sun, N Jiang, K Niu, A Giuntoli, W Xia - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene-reinforced conjugated polymer (CP) nanocomposites are attractive for flexible
and electronic devices, but their mechanical properties have been less explored at a …

Mechanism of coupling polymer thickness and interfacial interactions on strength and toughness of non-covalent nacre-inspired graphene nanocomposites

N Liu, S Li, X Wang - Composites Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoconfinement resulting from interfacial attraction leads to the formation of polymer
interphases with outstanding stiffness, which profoundly impacts the toughness and strength …

Insights into the thermomechanical and interfacial behaviors of polymer‐clay nanocomposites via coarse‐grained molecular dynamics simulations

W Nie, Y Liao, S Ghazanfari, Y Wang… - Polymer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer‐clay nanocomposites (PCNs) are commonly applied as multi‐functional structural
materials with exceptional thermomechanical properties, while maintaining the …

Probing conformational properties of conjugated polymers in dilute solutions under variable solvent quality via coarse‐grained modeling

Z Li, Y Wang, G Ma, Y Liao, X Gu… - Journal of Polymer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conjugated polymers (CPs), characterized by rigid conjugation backbones and flexible
peripheral side chains, hold significant promise in various organic optoelectronic …

Flaw sensitivity of cellulose paper

Q Chen, B Chen, S Jing, Y Liu, T Li - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellulose is earth-abundant and has exceptional intrinsic mechanical properties. Cellulose-
based materials, however, exhibit a large variation in their mechanical properties (eg …

Particle alignment effects on mechanical properties of cellulose nanocrystal thin films

H Son, DM Smith, Z Li, T Chang, W Xia… - Materials Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) thin films are of increasing interest as sustainable materials
due to their anisotropic mechanical properties. Previous computational work has shown that …

Unveiling Strong Thin Film Confinement Effects on Semirigid Conjugated Polymers

H Zhao, Z Li, Y Wang, QA Hong, W Xia, YC Chiu… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanoconfinement has been recognized to induce significant changes in the physical
properties of polymeric films when their thickness is less than 100 nm. Despite extensive …