Detailed Description
Multiphase stable materials are composite structures having a variety of different stable states. The material has a certain load bearing capacity in each stable state, and the transition between the stable states of the material can occur after the external stimulus is given. The elastic modulus of the cured material reflects the rigidity of the intelligent material, and the change of the rigidity shows that the intelligent material can be converted among various stable states. In addition, shear thinning, also known as pseudoplasticity, is the most common phenomenon of non-newtonian fluids, reflecting that the viscosity of the smart material decreases with increasing shear strain rate. For polymer systems, shear thinning is caused by entanglement of the polymer chains during flow; at rest, the high molecular weight polymers are entangled and randomly oriented; when shear is imparted at a sufficiently high rate, the highly anisotropic polymer chains begin to unravel, which results in fewer particle or molecular interactions and a large amount of free space for movement, thereby reducing viscosity. The phenomenon of visco-elastic inversion is an important parameter for judging that the intelligent material can be subjected to 3D printing, and the change of the elastic modulus and the viscous modulus is crossed at a certain point along with the increase of the provided dynamic shear stress; meanwhile, the crossing point may reflect a pressure value that needs to be given when 3D direct write printing is performed.
In view of the above, and the deficiencies in the prior art, the inventors of the present invention have long studied and practiced in great numbers to provide the technical solutions of the present invention, which will be further explained below.
Specifically, as one aspect of the technical solution of the present invention, the present invention relates to a multistable variable stiffness smart material, which includes a dispersed phase and a dispersion medium, wherein the dispersed phase is uniformly dispersed in the dispersion medium, the dispersed phase includes low melting point alloy particles with different melting points, and the dispersion medium includes an elastomer.
In some preferred embodiments, the melting point of the low-melting-point alloy particles in the multistable variable-stiffness smart material is lower than 200 ℃, and preferably 30-70 ℃.
In some preferred embodiments, the content of the low-melting-point alloy particles in the multistable variable-stiffness smart material is 20-60 vol%, and preferably 40-60 vol%.
Further, the low-melting-point alloy particles are low-melting-point alloy micro-particles, and specifically contain elements such as indium, bismuth, tin, lead, cadmium and the like.
Further, the particle size of the low-melting-point alloy particles is 1-100 mu m.
Further, the elastomer includes any one or a combination of two or more of PDMS SE1700, PDMS184, Ecoflex 00-30, Ecoflex 00-50, and the like, but is not limited thereto.
In some embodiments, the low-melting-point alloy particles in the multistable variable-rigidity intelligent material have multiple stable states, the controllability is high in possibility and multiple ranges, and the response speed is high; the dispersion medium elastomer prepolymer has the phenomena of shear thinning and visco-elastic inversion, and can be used as a material for 3D printing.
Wherein, the manufacturing of the low-melting-point alloy micron particles in the intelligent material adopts a uniform dispersion cooling method.
Further, the preparation of the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles can mix the low-melting-point alloy particles with different melting points together without any chemical reaction, and different stable states can be generated at different temperatures respectively.
Furthermore, the multistable variable-rigidity intelligent material has the phenomena of shear thinning and visco-elastic inversion in a slurry state, and can be used in a 3D printing technology.
Further, after the multistable variable-rigidity intelligent material is cured, the rigidity of the multistable variable-rigidity intelligent material can be changed to a corresponding degree by giving different temperature stimuli.
The action mechanism of the invention may be that: applying a thermal field to vibrate atoms of low-melting-point alloy particles in the intelligent material; at different thermal field strengths, the corresponding low melting point alloy melts, thereby changing the elastic modulus of the elastomer.
As another aspect of the technical solution of the present invention, a method for preparing a multistable variable stiffness smart material, includes: and uniformly mixing the low-melting-point alloy particles and the elastomer prepolymer to prepare intelligent material slurry, and then curing to obtain the multistable variable-rigidity intelligent material.
In some embodiments, the preparation method of the multistable variable-stiffness smart material specifically comprises the following steps:
providing a first mixed system (also referred to as "mixed system 1") comprising low melting point alloy particles and a first prepolymer component (also referred to as "prepolymer component a");
adding a second prepolymer component (also called as a prepolymer component B) into the first mixed system, uniformly stirring and mixing to form a second mixed system (also called as a mixed system 2) to obtain the intelligent material slurry capable of being 3D printed, and then curing to obtain the multistable variable-rigidity intelligent material elastomer.
In another specific embodiment, the preparation method of the multistable variable-stiffness smart material may further include the following steps:
providing a first mixing system comprising low melting point alloy particles and a first prepolymer component;
providing a second mixing system comprising low melting point alloy particles and a second prepolymer component;
and uniformly stirring and mixing the first mixed system and the second mixed system to obtain intelligent material slurry capable of being printed in a 3D mode, and then curing to obtain the multistable rigidity-variable intelligent material elastomer.
In some embodiments, the preparation method specifically comprises: and uniformly mixing the low-melting-point alloy particles and the elastomer prepolymer A by stirring, and uniformly mixing the low-melting-point alloy particles and the elastomer prepolymer B by stirring.
Furthermore, the stirring treatment is not strictly limited in time, and is preferably 20-30 min.
Further, the curing time is 8-12 h.
Further, in order to uniformly mix the two, an organic solvent, preferably hexane, may be added to the first mixed system or the second mixed system, but is not limited thereto.
Further, the volume ratio of the first mixed system to the second mixed system is 20: 100-60: 100.
Wherein, the steps are operated at room temperature.
In some more specific embodiments, the method for preparing the low-melting-point alloy microparticles specifically comprises the following steps:
1) dissolving the low-melting-point alloy block in boiling deionized water, and dispersing to obtain a suspension A;
furthermore, the dispersion treatment is not strictly limited in time, and is preferably 20-30 min.
2) Rapidly placing the suspension A in ice water for cooling, and stirring until the temperature is lower than the melting point of the low-melting-point alloy to obtain a suspension B;
further, the stirring treatment is not strictly limited in time, and is preferably 30 to 50 min.
3) And standing the suspension B until the particles settle, extracting clear liquid at the upper part, adding a small amount of volatile organic solvent, centrifuging, and then placing in an oven for drying.
Furthermore, the invention selects and mixes low melting point alloys with different melting points to obtain the alloy which is melted at different temperatures and has different phase change degrees at different temperatures.
Further, standing treatment is not strictly limited in time, and preferably lasts for 7-8 hours; the drying treatment is not strictly limited in time, and is preferably 36-48 h.
Still further, the volatile organic solvent is preferably, but not limited to, absolute ethanol.
Further, the preparation of the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles can mix the low-melting-point alloy particles with different melting points together without any chemical reaction, and different stable states can be generated at different temperatures respectively.
Another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention also provides a multistable variable stiffness smart material prepared by the above method.
In conclusion, the multistable rigidity-variable intelligent material disclosed by the invention is good in stability and excellent in thermal conductivity under each stable state, the preparation method is simple and easy to implement, the cost is low, and the multistable rigidity-variable intelligent material can be used as a material for 3D printing.
The embodiment of the invention also provides application of the multistable variable-rigidity intelligent material in the field of 3D printing.
It is understood that within the scope of the present invention, the above-described technical features of the present invention and the technical features specifically described below (e.g., examples) may be combined with each other to constitute a new or preferred technical solution. For reasons of space, they will not be described in detail.
The technical solutions of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to several preferred embodiments and accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. In the following examples, experimental methods without specific conditions noted are generally performed under conventional conditions or conditions recommended by the manufacturer, based on a full understanding of the present invention.
Example 1
(1) 20g of a 47 ℃ low melting point alloy (in the composition indium, bismuth, tin, lead and cadmium) was weighed out and dissolved in 300mL of boiling deionized water until molten.
(2) And dispersing the molten low-melting-point alloy into boiling deionized water to obtain a suspension A.
(3) And (4) putting the suspension A into ice water for cooling, keeping the stirring state until the temperature is reduced to be lower than the melting point of the alloy, and standing until the suspension A is precipitated.
(4) And (4) extracting supernatant, adding a small amount of absolute ethyl alcohol, centrifuging, and drying in an oven to obtain the required low-melting-point alloy micro-particles. As shown in fig. 1-2, is a particle size analysis and a micro-topography of the low melting point alloy micro-particles at 47 ℃.
(5) The 4.58g of the low-melting-point alloy microparticles are stirred and mixed with 0.8475g of PDMS SE 1700A part to prepare composite slurry B with the volume fraction of 40%.
(6) 0.08475g of PDMS SE1700B was added to the composite paste B at a ratio of 10:1 by mass of part A to part B to obtain composite paste C, which was ready for 3D printing.
As shown in fig. 3, the melting point range of the elastomer of the smart material is shown.
Fig. 4 is a real image of a 3D printing sample prepared from the intelligent paste (i.e., the composite paste C).
(7) The obtained mold was placed in an oven for drying.
As shown in FIGS. 5-6, the shear rate of the smart slurry is 1s-1~100s-1The phenomenon of shear thinning and the phenomenon of visco-elastic inversion occur when the shear pressure is 1 Pa-10000 Pa. As shown in fig. 7, the elastic modulus of the smart paste decreased significantly as the temperature increased.
Example 2
(1) 20g of a 47 ℃ low melting point alloy (in the composition indium, bismuth, tin, lead and cadmium) was weighed out and dissolved in 300mL of boiling deionized water until molten.
(2) And dispersing the molten low-melting-point alloy into boiling deionized water to obtain a suspension A.
(3) And (4) putting the suspension A into ice water for cooling, keeping the stirring state until the temperature is reduced to be lower than the melting point of the alloy, and standing until the suspension A is precipitated.
(4) And (4) extracting supernatant, adding a small amount of absolute ethyl alcohol, centrifuging, and drying in an oven to obtain the required low-melting-point alloy micro-particles.
(5) Repeating the four steps to obtain the low melting point alloy micron particles at 30 ℃. As shown in fig. 8-9, the particle size analysis and the micro-topography of the low melting point alloy micro-particles at 30 ℃.
(6) 0.9g of the low-melting-point alloy microparticles with the temperature of 47 ℃ and 0.45g of the low-melting-point alloy microparticles with the temperature of 30 ℃ are taken to be stirred and mixed with 0.1276g of PDMS SE 1700A part to prepare composite slurry B with the volume fraction of 60%.
(7) To the composite paste B, 0.01276g of PDMS SE1700B part was added in a mass ratio of 10:1 of PDMS SE170A part to B part to obtain a composite paste C, which was ready for 3D printing.
As shown in fig. 10, the melting point range of the elastomer of the smart material is shown.
Fig. 11 is a real object diagram of a 3D printing sample prepared from the composite paste C.
(8) The obtained mold was placed in an oven for drying.
As shown in fig. 12-13, the shear rate of the smart slurry was 1s-1~100s-1The phenomenon of shear thinning and the phenomenon of visco-elastic inversion occur when the shear pressure is 1 Pa-10000 Pa. As shown in fig. 14, the elastic modulus of the smart paste decreased two places significantly as the temperature increased.
Example 3
(1) 20g of a 47 ℃ low melting point alloy (in the composition indium, bismuth, tin, lead and cadmium) was weighed out and dissolved in 300mL of boiling deionized water until molten.
(2) And dispersing the molten low-melting-point alloy into boiling deionized water to obtain a suspension A.
(3) And (4) putting the suspension A into ice water for cooling, keeping the stirring state until the temperature is reduced to be lower than the melting point of the alloy, and standing until the suspension A is precipitated.
(4) And (4) extracting supernatant, adding a small amount of absolute ethyl alcohol, centrifuging, and drying in an oven to obtain the required low-melting-point alloy micro-particles.
(5) Repeating the four steps to obtain the low melting point alloy micron particles at 30 ℃.
(6) And (4) repeating the steps (1) to (4) to obtain the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles at 70 ℃. As shown in fig. 15-16, the particle size analysis and the micro-topography of the low melting point alloy micro-particles at 70 ℃.
(7) 0.5g of the low-melting-point alloy microparticles with the temperature of 47 ℃, 0.5g of the low-melting-point alloy microparticles with the temperature of 30 ℃, 0.5g of the low-melting-point alloy microparticles with the temperature of 70 ℃ and 0.1438g of PDMS SE 1700A are stirred and mixed to prepare composite slurry B with the volume fraction of 60%.
(8) The composite paste C was obtained by adding 0.01438g of PDMS SE1700B to the composite paste B at a mass ratio of PDMS SE 1700A to B of 10:1, and 3D printing was performed.
As shown in fig. 17, the melting point range of the elastomer of the smart material is shown.
Fig. 18 is a real object diagram of a 3D printing sample prepared from the composite paste C.
(9) The obtained mold was placed in an oven for drying.
As shown in FIGS. 19-20, the shear rate of the smart slurry was 1s-1~100s-1The phenomenon of shear thinning and the phenomenon of visco-elastic inversion occur when the shear pressure is 1 Pa-10000 Pa. As shown in fig. 21, the elastic modulus of the smart paste decreased two places significantly as the temperature increased.
Example 4
(1) 20g of a 47 ℃ low melting point alloy (in the composition indium, bismuth, tin, lead and cadmium) was weighed out and dissolved in 300mL of boiling deionized water until molten.
(2) And dispersing the molten low-melting-point alloy into boiling deionized water to obtain a suspension A.
(3) And (4) putting the suspension A into ice water for cooling, keeping the stirring state until the temperature is reduced to be lower than the melting point of the alloy, and standing until the suspension A is precipitated.
(4) And (4) extracting supernatant, adding a small amount of absolute ethyl alcohol, centrifuging, and drying in an oven to obtain the required low-melting-point alloy micro-particles.
(5) Repeating the four steps to obtain the low melting point alloy micron particles at 30 ℃.
(6) And (4) repeating the steps (1) to (4) to obtain the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles at 70 ℃.
(7) 0.5g of the 47 ℃ low-melting-point alloy microparticles, 0.5g of the 30 ℃ low-melting-point alloy microparticles, and 0.5g of the 70 ℃ low-melting-point alloy microparticles are mixed with 0.234g of PDMS184 by stirring to prepare a composite slurry B with the volume fraction of 60%.
(8) The composite paste C was obtained by adding 0.01438g of PDMS184B to the composite paste B at a mass ratio of PDMS 184A to B of 10:1, and was ready for 3D printing.
Fig. 22 is a real object diagram of a 3D printing sample prepared from the composite paste C.
(9) The obtained mold was placed in an oven for drying.
Example 5
(1) 20g of a 47 ℃ low melting point alloy (in the composition indium, bismuth, tin, lead and cadmium) was weighed out and dissolved in 300mL of boiling deionized water until molten.
(2) And dispersing the molten low-melting-point alloy into boiling deionized water to obtain a suspension A.
(3) And (4) putting the suspension A into ice water for cooling, keeping the stirring state until the temperature is reduced to be lower than the melting point of the alloy, and standing until the suspension A is precipitated.
(4) And (4) extracting supernatant, adding a small amount of absolute ethyl alcohol, centrifuging, and drying in an oven to obtain the required low-melting-point alloy micro-particles.
(5) Repeating the four steps to obtain the low melting point alloy micron particles at 30 ℃.
(6) And (4) repeating the steps (1) to (4) to obtain the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles at 70 ℃.
(7) 0.5g of the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles at 47 ℃, 0.5g of the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles at 30 ℃ and 0.5g of the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles at 70 ℃ are taken to be stirred and mixed with 0.269g of Ecoflex 00-30A part to prepare composite slurry B with the volume fraction of 60%.
(8) 0.01438g of Ecoflex 00-30B part was added to composite paste B in a mass ratio of 1:1 of Ecoflex 00-30A part to B part to obtain composite paste C, which was ready for 3D printing.
Fig. 23 is a real object diagram of a 3D printing sample prepared from the composite paste C.
(9) The obtained mold was placed in an oven for drying.
Example 6
(1) 20g of a 47 ℃ low melting point alloy (in the composition indium, bismuth, tin, lead and cadmium) was weighed out and dissolved in 300mL of boiling deionized water until molten.
(2) And dispersing the molten low-melting-point alloy into boiling deionized water to obtain a suspension A.
(3) And (4) putting the suspension A into ice water for cooling, keeping the stirring state until the temperature is reduced to be lower than the melting point of the alloy, and standing until the suspension A is precipitated.
(4) And (4) extracting supernatant, adding a small amount of absolute ethyl alcohol, centrifuging, and drying in an oven to obtain the required low-melting-point alloy micro-particles.
(5) Repeating the four steps to obtain the low melting point alloy micron particles at 30 ℃.
(6) And (4) repeating the steps (1) to (4) to obtain the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles at 70 ℃.
(7) 0.5g of the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles at 47 ℃, 0.5g of the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles at 30 ℃, 0.5g of the low-melting-point alloy micro-particles at 70 ℃ and 0.269g of Ecoflex 00-50A are stirred and mixed to prepare composite slurry B with the volume fraction of 60%.
(8) 0.01438g of Ecoflex 00-50B part was added to composite paste B in a mass ratio of 1:1 of Ecoflex 00-50A part to B part to obtain composite paste C, which was ready for 3D printing.
Fig. 24 is a real object diagram of a 3D printing sample prepared from the composite paste C.
(9) The obtained mold was placed in an oven for drying.
In conclusion, according to the technical scheme, the multistable rigidity-variable intelligent material has the advantages of good stability and excellent thermal conductivity under each stable state, the preparation method is simple and easy to implement, the cost is low, and the multistable rigidity-variable intelligent material can be used as a material for 3D printing.
In addition, the inventor also refers to examples 1-6, tests are carried out by using other raw materials and conditions listed in the specification, and the intelligent material with good stability and excellent heat conductivity and multistable variable rigidity is also successfully prepared.
It should be noted that, in the present context, an element defined by the phrase "comprising … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in steps, processes, methods or experimental facilities including the element.
It should be understood that the above preferred embodiments are only for illustrating the present invention, and other embodiments of the present invention are also possible, but those skilled in the art will be able to adopt the technical teaching of the present invention and equivalent alternatives or modifications thereof without departing from the scope of the present invention.