Aramid Nanofiber Templated in Situ SNAr Polymerization for Maximizing the Performance of All-Organic Nanocomposites

Seul A. Park; Youngho Eom; Hyeonyeol Jeon; Jun Mo Koo; Taehyung Kim; Jaemin Jeon; Moon Jeong Park; Sung Yeon Hwang; Byeong Su Kim; Dongyeop X. Oh; Jeyoung Park

doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00156

Aramid Nanofiber Templated in Situ S_NAr Polymerization for Maximizing the Performance of All-Organic Nanocomposites

Seul A. Park, Youngho Eom, Hyeonyeol Jeon, Jun Mo Koo, Taehyung Kim, Jaemin Jeon, Moon Jeong Park, Sung Yeon Hwang, Byeong Su Kim, Dongyeop X. Oh, Jeyoung Park

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Abstract

The performance limits of conventional super engineering plastics with inorganic nanofillers are surpassed by all-organic nanocomposites prepared via in situ S_NAr polymerization of polysulfone (PSU) in the presence of a highly dispersed aramid nanofiber (ANF) solution. The latter is directly used, bypassing the energy-consuming, nanostructure-damaging workup process. Using only a 0.15 wt % nanofiller, the all-organic nanocomposite shows an ultimate tensile strength 1.6× higher and 3.4× tougher than neat PSU and its blending counterpart due to the mutually interactive filler and maximally homogenized matrix. The exceptional toughness of the ANF/PSU nanocomposite originates from the grafted PSU on the surface of ANF; it drives stress-delocalized deformation, as revealed by stress-absorbable viscoelastic behavior and ductile elongation of materials. This material is a promising candidate for use as a filler-interactive, high-performance nanocomposite.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	558-564
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Macro Letters
Volume	9
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00156
Publication status	Published - 2020 Apr 21

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Technology Innovation Program (10070150) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea) and the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) core project. B.-S.K. acknowledges the support by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017R1A2B3012148). S.Y.H. acknowledges support from the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (2018R1C1B6002344). We acknowledge the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory for X-ray diffraction measurements with synchrotron radiation (Beamline 3C).

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Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society.

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Organic Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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