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Self-healing superhydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride/Fe3O4@polypyrrole fiber with core–sheath structures for superior microwave absorption

Show Author's Information Yunan Li1,  Yong Zhao1,  Xianyong Lu1( ),  Ying Zhu1( ),  Lei Jiang1,2
Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of EducationSchool of Chemistry and EnvironmentBeihang UniversityBeijing100191China
Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial ScienceTechnology Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of ScienceBeijing100190China
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microwave absorption, self-healing, superhydrophobicity, core–sheath structure
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Li Y, Zhao Y, Lu X, et al. Self-healing superhydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride/Fe3O4@polypyrrole fiber with core–sheath structures for superior microwave absorption. Nano Research, 2016, 9(7): 2034-2045. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1094-x
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Self-healing superhydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride/Fe3O4@polypyrrole (F-PVDF/Fe3O4@PPyx ) fibers with core–sheath structure were successfully fabricated by electrospinning of a PVDF/Fe3O4 mixture and in situ chemical oxidative polymerization of pyrrole, followed by chemical vapor deposition with fluoroalkyl silane. The F-PVDF/Fe3O4@PPy0.075 fiber film produces a superhydrophobic surface with self-healing behavior, which can repetitively and automatically restore superhydrophobicity when the surface is chemically damaged. Moreover, the maximum reflection loss (RL) of the F-PVDF/Fe3O4@PPy0.075 fiber film reaches -21.5 dB at 16.8 GHz and the RL below -10 dB is in the frequency range of 10.6–16.5 GHz with a thickness of 2.5 mm. The microwave absorption performance is attributed to the synergetic effect between dielectric loss and magnetic loss originating from PPy, PVDF and Fe3O4. As a consequence, preparing such F-PVDF/Fe3O4@PPyx fibers in this manner provides a simple and effective route to develop multi-functional microwave absorbing materials for practical applications.


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Self-healing superhydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride/Fe3O4@polypyrrole fiber with core–sheath structures for superior microwave absorption

Show Author's information Yunan Li1, Yong Zhao1, Xianyong Lu1( ), Ying Zhu1( ), Lei Jiang1,2
Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of EducationSchool of Chemistry and EnvironmentBeihang UniversityBeijing100191China
Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial ScienceTechnology Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of ScienceBeijing100190China

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Self-healing superhydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride/Fe3O4@polypyrrole (F-PVDF/Fe3O4@PPyx ) fibers with core–sheath structure were successfully fabricated by electrospinning of a PVDF/Fe3O4 mixture and in situ chemical oxidative polymerization of pyrrole, followed by chemical vapor deposition with fluoroalkyl silane. The F-PVDF/Fe3O4@PPy0.075 fiber film produces a superhydrophobic surface with self-healing behavior, which can repetitively and automatically restore superhydrophobicity when the surface is chemically damaged. Moreover, the maximum reflection loss (RL) of the F-PVDF/Fe3O4@PPy0.075 fiber film reaches -21.5 dB at 16.8 GHz and the RL below -10 dB is in the frequency range of 10.6–16.5 GHz with a thickness of 2.5 mm. The microwave absorption performance is attributed to the synergetic effect between dielectric loss and magnetic loss originating from PPy, PVDF and Fe3O4. As a consequence, preparing such F-PVDF/Fe3O4@PPyx fibers in this manner provides a simple and effective route to develop multi-functional microwave absorbing materials for practical applications.

Keywords: microwave absorption, self-healing, superhydrophobicity, core–sheath structure

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Received: 01 February 2016
Revised: 22 March 2016
Accepted: 06 April 2016
Published: 06 May 2016
Issue date: July 2016

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The work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51273008, 51473008, and 21103006), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 2132030) and the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB933200).

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