Large-Size ultrathin mica nanosheets: Reinforcements of biobased PEF polyester
Jiheng Ding,
Hao Wang,
Hongran Zhao,
Shuo Shi,
Jing Su,
Qinchao Chu,
Bin Fang,
Mohammad Raza Miah,
Jinggang Wang,
Jin Zhu
Affiliations
Jiheng Ding
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
Hao Wang
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China; School of Materials Science and chemical engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Hongran Zhao
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China; University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
Shuo Shi
Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S. A. R, China
Jing Su
College of Textile Science and Enigneering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
Qinchao Chu
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China; School of Materials Science and chemical engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Bin Fang
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
Mohammad Raza Miah
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China; University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
Jinggang Wang
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China; University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China; Corresponding author.
Jin Zhu
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China; University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
Due to the superior physical properties and high-level alignment of the nanoscale building blocks, assembly of high-quality two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets into macroscopic engineering structure materials can achieve many unexpected performance. Natural mica nanosheets (MNSs) are abundant and with superlative properties, showing huge prospect for engineering structural materials. However, the difficulty of the mass production with large size and high aspect ratio are the current factors that limit this. Inspired by the well-known scotch-tape exfoliation, herein we develop a gummy-tape exfoliation (GTE) method by using liquid oligomers as mediums in ball-milling process to massively produce large-size and ultrathin MNSs. As a confirmation, the obtained MNSs show a record high aspect ratio of ≈1320 and a large actual yield of ∼ 80 %. A transparent biobased aromatic polyester nanocomposite film made of such MNSs and polyethylene furandicarboxylate (PEF) matrix possesses remarkably improved mechanical, barrier properties, and UV-shielding performances at an extremely low filler loading (≤0.5 vol%), making it a novel potential engineering material for packing fields in foods, drugs, and electronic products, etc.
