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Autori principali: Zimmer, Bettina, Niebuur, Bart-Jan, Schaefer, Florian, Coupette, Fabian, Tänzel, Victor, Schilling, Tanja, Kraus, Tobias
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.20318
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author Zimmer, Bettina
Niebuur, Bart-Jan
Schaefer, Florian
Coupette, Fabian
Tänzel, Victor
Schilling, Tanja
Kraus, Tobias
author_facet Zimmer, Bettina
Niebuur, Bart-Jan
Schaefer, Florian
Coupette, Fabian
Tänzel, Victor
Schilling, Tanja
Kraus, Tobias
contents Carbon black (CB)-elastomers can serve as low-cost, highly deformable sensor materials, but hardly any work exists on their structure-property relationships. We report on flow-induced anisotropy, considering CB-silicone films generated via doctor blade coating. Cured films showed slight electrical anisotropy, with conductivity parallel to the coating direction being lower than perpendicular to it. Furthermore, piezoresistive sensitivity was much larger for stretch perpendicular to the coating direction than for parallel stretch. Structural analysis for length scales up to the CB agglomerate level yielded only weak evidence of anisotropy. Based on this evidence and insight from CB network simulations, we hypothesize that shear flow during coating fragments the CB network and then induces a preferential aggregate alignment, as well as increased inter-particle distances, parallel to the coating direction. As a practical conclusion, already weak anisotropic structuration suffices to cause significant electric anisotropy.
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spellingShingle Flow-induced anisotropy in a carbon black-filled silicone elastomer: electromechanical properties and structure
Zimmer, Bettina
Niebuur, Bart-Jan
Schaefer, Florian
Coupette, Fabian
Tänzel, Victor
Schilling, Tanja
Kraus, Tobias
Materials Science
Carbon black (CB)-elastomers can serve as low-cost, highly deformable sensor materials, but hardly any work exists on their structure-property relationships. We report on flow-induced anisotropy, considering CB-silicone films generated via doctor blade coating. Cured films showed slight electrical anisotropy, with conductivity parallel to the coating direction being lower than perpendicular to it. Furthermore, piezoresistive sensitivity was much larger for stretch perpendicular to the coating direction than for parallel stretch. Structural analysis for length scales up to the CB agglomerate level yielded only weak evidence of anisotropy. Based on this evidence and insight from CB network simulations, we hypothesize that shear flow during coating fragments the CB network and then induces a preferential aggregate alignment, as well as increased inter-particle distances, parallel to the coating direction. As a practical conclusion, already weak anisotropic structuration suffices to cause significant electric anisotropy.
title Flow-induced anisotropy in a carbon black-filled silicone elastomer: electromechanical properties and structure
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.20318