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ArticleNature communications2022

Ultrastrong and multifunctional aerogels with hyperconnective network of composite polymeric nanofibers.

Huimin He, Xi Wei, Bin Yang, Hongzhen Liu, Mingze Sun, Yanran Li, Aixin Yan, Chuyang Y Tang, Yuan Lin, Lizhi Xu

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
12.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Huimin He *Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9382-3027
Xi Wei *Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Bin YangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Hongzhen LiuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Mingze SunDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yanran LiSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Aixin YanSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0310-5492
Chuyang Y TangDepartment of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7932-6462
Yuan LinDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. ylin@hku.hk.ORCID 0000-0002-3882-174X
Lizhi XuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. xulizhi@hku.hk.ORCID 0000-0001-6888-0524
University of Hong Kong · HKHong Kong Baptist University · HKHong Kong Design Centre · CNNano and Advanced Materials Institute · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) microfibrillar network represents an important structural design for various natural tissues and synthetic aerogels. Despite extensive efforts, achieving high mechanical properties for synthetic 3D microfibrillar networks remains challenging. Here, we report ultrastrong polymeric aerogels involving self-assembled 3D networks of aramid nanofiber composites. The interactions between the nanoscale constituents lead to assembled networks with high nodal connectivity and strong crosslinking between fibrils. As revealed by theoretical simulations of 3D networks, these features at fibrillar joints may lead to an enhancement of macroscopic mechanical properties by orders of magnitude even with a constant level of solid content. Indeed, the polymeric aerogels achieved both high specific tensile modulus of ~625.3 MPa cm

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PMID35869053
PMCPMC9307841
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