• 文献标题:   Molecular-Level Lubrication Effect of OD Nanodiamonds for Highly Bendable Graphene Liquid Crystalline Fibers
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KIM JG, YUN T, CHAE J, YANG GG, LEE GS, KIM IH, JUNG HJ, HWANG HS, KIM JT, CHOI SQ, KIM SO
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, liquid crystal, nanodiamond, hybrid fiber, molecularlevel lubrication
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
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  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.1c24452
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Graphene fiber is emerging as a new class of carbon-based fiber with distinctive material properties particularly useful for electroconductive components for wearable devices. Presently, stretchable and bendable graphene fibers are principally employing soft dielectric additives, such as polymers, which can significantly deteriorate the genuine electrical properties of pristine graphene-based structures. We report molecular-level lubricating nano-diamonds as an effective physical property modifier to improve the mechanical flexibility of graphene fibers by relieving the tight interlayer stacking among graphene sheets. Nanoscale-sized NDs effectively increase the tensile strain and bending strain of graphene/nanodiamond composite fibers while maintaining the genuine electrical conductivity of pristine graphene-based fibers. The molecular-level lubricating mechanism is elucidated by friction force microscopy on the nanoscale as well as by shear stress measurement on the macroscopic scale. The resultant highly bendable graphene/nanodiamond composite fiber is successfully weaved into all graphene fiber-based textiles and wearable Joule heaters, proposing the potential for reliable wearable applications.