Crystalline polymer nanofibers with ultra-high strength and thermal conductivity

Ramesh Shrestha, Pengfei Li, Bikramjit Chatterjee, Teng Zheng, Xufei Wu, Zeyu Liu, Tengfei Luo, Sukwon Choi, Kedar Hippalgaonkar, Maarten P. Boer () and Sheng Shen ()
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Ramesh Shrestha: Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Pengfei Li: Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Bikramjit Chatterjee: Pennsylvania State University
Teng Zheng: University of Notre Dame
Xufei Wu: University of Notre Dame
Zeyu Liu: University of Notre Dame
Tengfei Luo: University of Notre Dame
Sukwon Choi: Pennsylvania State University
Kedar Hippalgaonkar: Agency for Science Technology and Research
Maarten P. Boer: Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Sheng Shen: Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Polymers are widely used in daily life, but exhibit low strength and low thermal conductivity as compared to most structural materials. In this work, we develop crystalline polymer nanofibers that exhibit a superb combination of ultra-high strength (11 GPa) and thermal conductivity, exceeding any existing soft materials. Specifically, we demonstrate unique low-dimensionality phonon physics for thermal transport in the nanofibers by measuring their thermal conductivity in a broad temperature range from 20 to 320 K, where the thermal conductivity increases with increasing temperature following an unusual ~T1 trend below 100 K and eventually peaks around 130–150 K reaching a metal-like value of 90 W m−1 K−1, and then decays as 1/T. The polymer nanofibers are purely electrically insulating and bio-compatible. Combined with their remarkable lightweight-thermal-mechanical concurrent functionality, unique applications in electronics and biology emerge.

Date: 2018
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