Covalently cross-linked ultrastrong SiO2-loaded polyvinyl alcohol fibers via microfluidic spinning.
Nanoscale
; 16(25): 12007-12012, 2024 Jun 27.
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| ID: mdl-38805180
ABSTRACT
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber materials have gained immense recognition due to their good biocompatibility and wide applications. However, methods allowing the synergistic enhancement of mechanical strength and toughness of PVA fibers still remain a key challenge. To this end, we developed covalently cross-linked ultrastrong SiO2-loaded polyvinyl alcohol fibers via a microfluidic spinning chemistry strategy. The thermal stretching and annealing processes not only promote the ordered arrangement of molecules, but also facilitate the ring opening reaction and increase crystallinity. Thus, the resulting fiber has a high tensile strength of 866 MPa, a specific toughness of 288 J g-1 and a tensile strain of 80%. This work provides a covalent cross-linking reinforcement method to prepare ultrastrong composite fibers assisted by microfluidic spinning chemistry and thermal stretching, which would lead to the fabrication of mechanically strong fiber materials through a simple pathway.
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