Soosang Chae, Won Jin Choi, Lisa Julia Nebel, Chang Hee Cho, Quinn A Besford, André Knapp, Pavlo Makushko, Yevhen Zabila, Oleksandr Pylypovskyi, Min Woo Jeong, Stanislav Avdoshenko, Oliver Sander, Denys Makarov, Yoon Jang Chung, Andreas Fery, Jin Young Oh, Tae Il Lee
Nanophase mixtures, leveraging the complementary strengths of each component, are vital for composites to overcome limitations posed by single elemental materials. Among these, metal-elastomer nanophases are particularly important, holding various practical applications for stretchable electronics. However, the methodology and understanding of nanophase mixing metals and elastomers are limited due to difficulties in blending caused by thermodynamic incompatibility. Here, we present a controlled method using kinetics to mix metal atoms with elastomeric chains on the nanoscale...
April 9, 2024: Nature Communications