Layer-by-layer assembled multilayers of charged polyurethane and graphene oxide platelets for flexible and stretchable gas barrier films

Soft Matter ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (32) ◽  
pp. 6708-6715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Ji Noh ◽  
Min Jun Oh ◽  
Jae Ho Choi ◽  
Jae Chul Yu ◽  
Woo-Jae Kim ◽  
...  

To improve stretchability of gas barrier films without sacrificing the barrier property, alternatively charged and highly flexible polyurethane chains were layer-by-layer self-assembled with graphene oxide nano-platelets.

MRS Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (57) ◽  
pp. 3547-3552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maedeh Dabbaghianamiri ◽  
Sayantan Das ◽  
Gary W. Beall

ABSTRACTPolymer nanocomposites (PNC) include a copolymer or polymer which has nanoparticles dispersed in the polymer matrix at the nano-level. One of the most common types of polymer nanocomposites contain smectic clays as the nanoparticles. These clay minerals increase the mechanical properties of standard polymers and improve barrier properties. For optimum barrier properties, Layer-by-Layer assembly (LbL) is one of the most effective methods for depositing thin films. LbL methods however, are quite tedious and produce large quantities of waste. A newly discovered phenomenon of self-assembled polymer nanocomposites utilizes entropic forces to drive the assembly to spontaneously form a larger nanostructured film. This approach allows polymers and nanoparticles with high particle loadings to be mixed, and create the super gas barrier films. We have developed a coating technique which can be employed to make self-assembled gas barrier films via inkjet printing. This technique is industrially scalable and efficient. This is because it does not need any rinsing step and drying steps as required in LbL. The influence of different polymers Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and Poly (acrylic acid) PAA with Montmorillonite (MMT) nanoclay solutions on Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate is examined to study their effectiveness as a gas barrier film. The results showing the excellent oxygen barrier behavior of a combination of PVP and MMT Nano clay nanocomposite with high transparency. These high barrier gas nanocomposite films are good candidates for a variety of food packaging applications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 5794
Author(s):  
Se-Jung Kim ◽  
Tanyoung Kim ◽  
Dongsoo Kim ◽  
Byeong-Kwon Ju

Most gas barrier films produce cracks that lead to a significant loss of gas barrier integrity when strain is applied. In order to fabricate stretchable gas barrier films with low water permeability and high endurance after stretching, we used polydiallydimethylammonium (PDDA) mixed with graphene oxide (GO) and poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) mixed with montmorillonite (MMT). These films were manufactured by layer-by-layer assembly on an Ecoflex/polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate with pre-strain applied. A total of 30 layers of PDDA (GO)/PVA (MMT) coated on the substrate exhibited a low water vapor transmission rate of 2.5 × 10−2 g/m2 day after 100 cycles of stretching (30% strain). In addition, they exhibited a high light transmittance of 86.54%. Thus, the prepared stretchable gas barrier film has potential applications as a barrier film in transparent and stretchable electronic devices.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (68) ◽  
pp. 55150-55157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bowen Chen ◽  
Chunying He ◽  
Weina Song ◽  
Cheng Zhao ◽  
Yachen Gao ◽  
...  

The 25-bilayer CoPc/GO film was fabricated through electrostatic self-assembled layer by layer (LBL) technique, and it exhibits strong reverse saturable absorption (RSA) effect with the input intensity of 1.16 μJ.


Nanoscale ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (19) ◽  
pp. 9081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Tsai Chen ◽  
Ywu-Jang Fu ◽  
Quan-Fu An ◽  
Shen-Chuan Lo ◽  
Shu-Hsien Huang ◽  
...  

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