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ArticleNature communications2023

Ambient-conditions spinning of functional soft fibers via engineering molecular chain networks and phase separation.

Songlin Zhang, Mengjuan Zhou, Mingyang Liu, Zi Hao Guo, Hao Qu, Wenshuai Chen, Swee Ching Tan

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Songlin ZhangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574, Singapore.
Mengjuan Zhou *Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574, Singapore.
Mingyang Liu *Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574, Singapore.
Zi Hao GuoDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Intelligent Sensors and MEMS (CISM), NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583, Singapore.
Hao QuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574, Singapore.
Wenshuai ChenKey Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, 150040, Harbin, P.R. China. chenwenshuai@nefu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-1505
Swee Ching TanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574, Singapore. msetansc@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2074-8385
National University of Singapore · SGNortheast Forestry University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Producing functional soft fibers via existing spinning methods is environmentally and economically costly due to the complexity of spinning equipment, involvement of copious solvents, intensive consumption of energy, and multi-step pre-/post-spinning treatments. We report a nonsolvent vapor-induced phase separation spinning approach under ambient conditions, which resembles the native spider silk fibrillation. It is enabled by the optimal rheological properties of dopes via engineering silver-coordinated molecular chain interactions and autonomous phase transition due to the nonsolvent vapor-induced phase separation effect. Fiber fibrillation under ambient conditions using a polyacrylonitrile-silver ion dope is demonstrated, along with detailed elucidations on tuning dope spinnability through rheological analysis. The obtained fibers are mechanically soft, stretchable, and electrically conductive, benefiting from elastic molecular chain networks via silver-based coordination complexes and in-situ reduced silver nanoparticles. Particularly, these fibers can be configured as wearable electronics for self-sensing and self-powering applications. Our ambient-conditions spinning approach provides a platform to create functional soft fibers with unified mechanical and electrical properties at a two-to-three order of magnitude less energy cost under ambient conditions.

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