{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(1)"],"submitter":["Tian K"],"pubmed_abstract":["The fabrication of high-performance functional polymer composites requires delicate balance between functionalities, filler content and overall performance, and preparation route is urgently needed. Guided by Simmons theory, a PDMS-based stretchable conductor with metal-level conductivity is realized through a strategy by combining silver nanoparticle in-situ formation, optimized barrier height and volume excluding effect. Firstly, a universal matrix-independent etching-reduction method generates uniform Ag nanoparticles (~ 9.7 nm), shortening tunneling distances. Then, tunneling barrier height is minimized to 0.06 eV by aligning energy levels of surface-treated silver nanoflakes and PDMS, reducing electron scattering. Finally, silver-plated PDMS microspheres act as volume-excluding phase,"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pagination":["728"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12820149"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Designing functional filler networks via in situ silver nanoparticles through barrier tuning and volume exclusion."],"pmcid":["PMC12820149"],"pubmed_authors":["Wen Y","Tian K","Fu Q","Jing J","Wen J","Wen M","Li Q","Cheng M","Zhang L","Deng H"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Designing functional filler networks via in situ silver nanoparticles through barrier tuning and volume exclusion.","description":"The fabrication of high-performance functional polymer composites requires delicate balance between functionalities, filler content and overall performance, and preparation route is urgently needed. Guided by Simmons theory, a PDMS-based stretchable conductor with metal-level conductivity is realized through a strategy by combining silver nanoparticle in-situ formation, optimized barrier height and volume excluding effect. Firstly, a universal matrix-independent etching-reduction method generates uniform Ag nanoparticles (~ 9.7 nm), shortening tunneling distances. Then, tunneling barrier height is minimized to 0.06 eV by aligning energy levels of surface-treated silver nanoflakes and PDMS, reducing electron scattering. Finally, silver-plated PDMS microspheres act as volume-excluding phase,","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Dec","modification":"2026-06-06T17:54:42.487Z","creation":"2026-06-04T03:08:16.012Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12820149","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41387439"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-025-67461-6"]}}