Bio-inspired nacre-like composites with excellent mechanical properties, gas-barrier function and fire-retardant performances based on self-assembly between hyperbranched poly(amido amine)s and montmorillonite.

Biqiang Jin, Hao Wang, Hu Xu, Haitao Wu, Wenqiang Wu, Zhaoyang Yuan, Zhendong Huang, Yinghan Wang, Jinrong Wu

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Bioinspired Mechanical Structures for Load Bearing and Energy Absorption: Cross-Scale Design and Fabrication Strategies.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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Biqiang JinState Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China wujinrong@scu.edu.cn wang_yh@scu.edu.cn.

Hao WangState Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China wujinrong@scu.edu.cn wang_yh@scu.edu.cn.

Hu XuState Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China wujinrong@scu.edu.cn wang_yh@scu.edu.cn.

Haitao WuState Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China wujinrong@scu.edu.cn wang_yh@scu.edu.cn.

Wenqiang WuState Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China wujinrong@scu.edu.cn wang_yh@scu.edu.cn.

Zhaoyang YuanState Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China wujinrong@scu.edu.cn wang_yh@scu.edu.cn.

Zhendong HuangState Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China wujinrong@scu.edu.cn wang_yh@scu.edu.cn.

Yinghan WangState Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China wujinrong@scu.edu.cn wang_yh@scu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7002-3097

Jinrong WuState Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China wujinrong@scu.edu.cn wang_yh@scu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5329-5522

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The fabrication of mechanically robust multifunctional nanocomposite (NC) films using simple but effective strategies is a long-term challenge. Inspired by natural nacre, we designed and fabricated high-performance nacre-like NC films (Na-MTM/HBP) through the self-assembly of the hyperbranched poly(amido amine) (HBP) and montmorillonite (Na-MTM) using a vacuum filtration approach. The optimal Na-MTM/HBP NC film shows excellent mechanical strength (106 MPa), which can be attributed to the formation of numerous hydrogen bonds and the electrostatic interactions between hyperbranched HBP and Na-MTM nanosheets. Such films also exhibit excellent gas barrier and fire-fire-retardant owing to the high aspect ratio of the Na-MTM nanosheets. In this work, a class of high-performance NC films exhibiting good mechanical, gas barrier, and flame retardancy properties have been developed. These NC films have great potential in packing or coating materials.

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PMID36756571

DOI10.1039/d2ra07647k

PMCPMC9890961

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