Inorganic/organic nanocomposite ion gels with well dispersed secondary silica nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: We have previously reported tough inorganic/organic nanocomposite (NC) ion gels composed of silica particles and poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (PDMAAm) networks and a large amount of ionic liquid. In this study, the network structure and toughening mechanism of NC ion gels were investigated. The NC ion gels showed characteristic mechanical properties; i.e. the stress was significantly increased at a highly elongated state. In addition, the NC ion gels showed an almost elastic mechanical property, which was completely different from that of our other developed inorganic/organic tough ion gels named double-network (DN) ion gels. It was found from structural observation that secondary silica nanoparticles dispersed well in the NC ion gel. It was also found that some of the

SUBMITTER: Yasui T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9051879 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature