• 文献标题:   Giant Electrostriction of Soft Nanocomposites Based on Liquid Crystalline Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YUAN JK, LUNA A, NERI R, ZAKRI C, COLIN A, POULIN P
  • 作者关键词:   electrostriction, graphene, liquid crystal, polymer composite, dielectric constant
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Bordeaux
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.7b08332
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

High electromechanical coupling is critical to perform effective conversion between mechanical and electrical energy for various applications of electrostrictive polymers. Herein, a giant electrostriction effect is reported in liquid crystalline graphene-doped dielectric elastomers. The materials are formulated by a phase-transfer method which allows the solubilization of graphenic monolayers in nonpolar solvents. Dielectric spectroscopy is combined with tensile test devices to measure the true electrostriction coefficients with differentiating the Maxwell stress effect. Because of their liquid crystal structure, the resultant composites show an ultralarge electrostriction coefficient (similar to 10(-14) m(2)/V-2 at 0.1 Hz) coupled with good reproducibility during cycles at high deformation rates. This work offers a promising pathway to design high-performance electrostrictive polymer composites as well as to provide insights into mechanisms of true electrostriction in electrically heterogeneous systems. The use of obtained materials as a supersensitive capacitive sensor is demonstrated.