Fabrication of Highly Stretchable Conductors Based on 3D Printed Porous Poly(dimethylsiloxane) and Conductive Carbon Nanotubes/Graphene Network

• DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10791
• Publication Date: 2015-12-29T15:49:41Z
• Authors: Shasha Duan; Ke Yang; Zhihui Wang; Mengting Chen; Ling Zhang; Hongbo Zhang; Chunzhong Li
• Keywords: Stretchable electronics; Nanomaterials

The combination of carbon nanomaterial with three-dimensional (3D) porous polymer substrates has been demonstrated to be an effective approach manufacture high-performance stretchable conductive materials (SCMs). However, it remains a challenge fabricate 3D-structured SCMs outstanding electrical conductivity capability under large strain in facile way. In this work, the 3D printing technique was employed prepare poly(dimethylsiloxane) (O-PDMS) which then integrated nanotubes and graphene network resulted highly conductors (OPCG). Two types OPCG were prepared, that split-level structure exhibited both higher superior retention deformations, illustrated by using finite element method. specially designed is capable sustaining repeated deformations showing huge potential application next-generation electronics.