CN114605827A - Sensor material based on liquid crystal elastomer and application thereof - Google Patents

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CN114605827A
CN114605827A CN202210223551.9A CN202210223551A CN114605827A CN 114605827 A CN114605827 A CN 114605827A CN 202210223551 A CN202210223551 A CN 202210223551A CN 114605827 A CN114605827 A CN 114605827A
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The invention discloses a sensor material based on a liquid crystal elastomer and application thereof. The preparation method utilizes a simple and feasible secondary crosslinking mode, takes tetra (3-mercaptopropionic acid) pentaerythritol ester, 3, 6-dioxa-1, 8-octane dithiol and 1, 4-bis- [4- (3-acryloyloxy propoxy) benzoyloxy ] -2-methylbenzene as substrates, and compounds the substrates with carbon fibers in different proportions to finally form the carbon fiber-doped composite liquid crystal elastomer sensing material. The prepared carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer composite film connecting circuit is used for manufacturing a sensor and can be used for collecting human finger action signals. In addition, the mechanical property of the prepared sensor material based on the liquid crystal elastomer is greatly improved compared with that of the traditional liquid crystal elastomer. The invention provides a new idea for designing and preparing the novel flexible sensor, simultaneously overcomes the problems of complex preparation process, easy corrosion, poor mechanical property and the like in the prior art, and has wide application prospect.

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Sensor material based on liquid crystal elastomer and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of high polymer materials, and particularly relates to a sensor material based on a liquid crystal elastomer, and a preparation method and application thereof.
Background
In recent years, flexible sensors have been widely used in the fields of human-computer interaction, soft robots, medical treatment, and the like, because of their excellent characteristics such as high sensitivity and high flexibility. However, the flexible sensor cannot be produced and utilized in a large scale due to the problems of complex preparation process, high preparation cost, poor stretchability and the like, and the application of the flexible sensor in reality is limited.
The Liquid Crystal Elastomer (LCE) is a high polymer material which has the orientation order of liquid crystal and the entropy elasticity of the traditional elastomer, and has the biggest characteristic of realizing reversible deformation under the external stimulation. The two-way shape memory characteristic of LCE has a large application space in the aspects of sensors, artificial muscles, soft robots and the like. However, the conventional liquid crystal elastomer has poor mechanical properties and is limited in use in a wider environment.
Disclosure of Invention
The purpose of the invention is as follows: the invention aims to provide a sensor material based on a liquid crystal elastomer, and a preparation method and application thereof. The material is used for a flexible sensor, can overcome the problems of complex process, poor response effect, poor mechanical property and the like in the prior art, and has great application prospect in sensing devices.
The technical scheme is as follows: the invention discloses a sensor material based on a liquid crystal elastomer, which comprises the following main raw materials: pentaerythritol tetra (3-mercaptopropionate), 3, 6-dioxa-1, 8-octanedithiol, an acrylate monomer RM257, carbon fiber and dipropylamine; wherein, the structure of the tetra (3-mercaptopropionic acid) pentaerythritol ester is as follows:
Figure RE-GDA0003635599920000011
the 3, 6-dioxa-1, 8-octane dithiol has the structure as follows:
Figure RE-GDA0003635599920000012
the structure of the 1, 4-bis- [4- (3-acryloyloxypropoxy) benzoyloxy ] -2-methylbenzene is as follows:
Figure RE-GDA0003635599920000021
the dipropylamine structure is as follows:
Figure RE-GDA0003635599920000022
the invention also discloses a preparation method of the sensor material based on the liquid crystal elastomer, which comprises the following steps:
(1) adding pentaerythritol tetrakis (3-mercaptopropionate), 3, 6-dioxa-1, 8-octane dithiol, an acrylate monomer, carbon fiber and dichloromethane into a strain bottle, and carrying out ultrasonic crushing;
(2) adding dipropylamine into the mixed solution obtained in the step (1), and then carrying out ultrasonic treatment;
(3) pouring the mixed solution obtained in the step (2) into a polytetrafluoroethylene groove, removing bubbles, putting into an oven, and thermally initiating pre-crosslinking to form a film;
(4) after film forming, taking out the film from the groove, and partially cutting four edges of the film;
(5) stretching and orienting the film cut in the step (4), fixing and then placing to realize secondary crosslinking; finally, forming a carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer composite film;
(6) the carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer composite film is cut into a proper size, fixed at the joint of a human finger and connected to a microcomputer control electronic universal testing machine.
Further, in the step (1), the time for ultrasonic disruption is 10-15 min.
Further, in the step (3), the temperature of the oven is 25-35 ℃, and the time for placing the oven in the oven is 2-3 h.
Further, in the step (5), the film is stretched to 200% -300% of the original length.
Further, in the step (5), the stretched film is fixedly placed for not less than 10 hours.
The carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer film is applied to the aspect of sensing.
Has the advantages that: compared with the prior art, the invention has the following remarkable advantages:
(1) the carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer composite sensing material prepared by the invention can realize quick response under the stretching condition, and has stable sensing performance after a plurality of stretching cycles. Can be used as a flexible sensing material and applied to the aspects of medical treatment, human-computer interaction and the like.
(2) According to the invention, the carbon fiber is introduced into the liquid crystal elastomer material to form the composite film, a classical two-step crosslinking mode is adopted, the reaction condition is mild, the operation is convenient, and the large-scale production can be realized.
(3) The liquid crystal elastomer composite film prepared by the invention is a carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer composite sensing material obtained by introducing carbon fibers in a physical doping mode. The composite material overcomes the defect of poor mechanical property of the traditional liquid crystal elastomer.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer preparation process;
FIG. 2 is a diagram of a carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer as a finger sensor and a relative change rate of resistance;
FIG. 3 illustrates the sensing stability of the carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer sensing material when stretched;
fig. 4 shows the breaking strength of the carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer.
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Example 1
(1) 16.00mg of pentaerythritol tetrakis (3-mercaptopropionate), 119.38mg of 3, 6-dioxa-1, 8-octanedithiol, 423.99mg of an acrylate monomer, 55.32mg of carbon fibers and 2.5ml of dichloromethane were put in a seed bottle, and the carbon fibers accounted for 9% of the composite liquid crystal elastomer. Performing ultrasonic disruption for 10-15 min.
(2) Adding 7. mu.l of dipropylamine to the mixed solution obtained in the step (1), followed by sonication for 30 seconds.
(3) Pouring the mixed solution obtained in the step (2) into polytetrafluoroethylene grooves with the inner diameters of 2cm x 3cm respectively, removing air bubbles, putting the polytetrafluoroethylene grooves into a baking oven with the temperature of 25-35 ℃, and carrying out heat initiation for 2 hours to form a pre-crosslinked film.
(4) And after film formation, taking out the film from the groove, and partially cutting four sides of the film.
(5) And (4) stretching and orienting the film cut in the step (4) to 250% of the original length, and standing after fixing to realize secondary crosslinking. Finally, the carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer composite film is formed. The sample is labeled S1.
(6) Cutting the S1 sample into proper size, fixing at the joint of human finger, and connecting to the microcomputer control electronic universal tester.
Example 2
(1) 16.00mg of pentaerythritol tetrakis (3-mercaptopropionate), 119.38mg of 3, 6-dioxa-1, 8-octanedithiol, 423.99mg of an acrylate monomer, 76.28mg of carbon fibers and 2.5ml of dichloromethane were put in a seed bottle, and the carbon fibers accounted for 12% of the composite liquid crystal elastomer. Performing ultrasonic disruption for 10-15 min.
(2) To the mixed solution obtained in step (1), 7. mu.l of dipropylamine was added, followed by sonication for 30 seconds.
(3) Pouring the mixed solution obtained in the step (2) into polytetrafluoroethylene grooves with the inner diameters of 2cm x 3cm respectively, removing air bubbles, putting the polytetrafluoroethylene grooves into a baking oven with the temperature of 25-35 ℃, and carrying out heat initiation for 2 hours to form a pre-crosslinked film.
(4) And after film formation, taking out the film from the groove, and partially cutting four sides of the film.
(5) And (4) stretching and orienting the film cut in the step (4) to 250% of the original length, and standing after fixing to realize secondary crosslinking. Finally, the carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer composite film is formed. The sample is labeled S2.
(6) Cutting the S2 sample into proper size, fixing at the joint of human finger, and connecting to the microcomputer control electronic universal tester.
Example 3
(1) 16.00mg of pentaerythritol tetrakis (3-mercaptopropionate), 119.38mg of 3, 6-dioxa-1, 8-octanedithiol, 423.99mg of an acrylate monomer, 98.71mg of carbon fibers and 2.5ml of dichloromethane were put into a seed bottle, and the carbon fibers accounted for 15% of the composite liquid crystal elastomer. Performing ultrasonic disruption for 10-15 min.
(2) Adding 7. mu.l of dipropylamine to the mixed solution obtained in the step (1), followed by sonication for 30 seconds.
(3) Pouring the mixed solution obtained in the step (2) into polytetrafluoroethylene grooves with the inner diameters of 2cm x 3cm respectively, removing air bubbles, putting the polytetrafluoroethylene grooves into a baking oven with the temperature of 25-35 ℃, and carrying out heat initiation for 2 hours to form a pre-crosslinked film.
(4) And after film formation, taking out the film from the groove, and partially cutting four sides of the film.
(5) And (4) stretching and orienting the film cut in the step (4) to 250% of the original length, and standing after fixing to realize secondary crosslinking. Finally, the carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer composite film is formed. The sample is labeled S3.
(6) Cutting the S3 sample into proper size, fixing at the joint of human finger, and connecting to the microcomputer control electronic universal tester.
According to the figure 2, the carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer sensing material is connected to a finger, and can stably sense and output a finger motion signal. Meanwhile, as can be seen from fig. 3, the sensing signal is still stable after the material is repeatedly stretched 100 times. As shown in FIG. 4, as the doping ratio of the carbon fiber increases, the mechanical properties of the samples S1-S3 are gradually increased, and are greatly improved compared with the undoped pure liquid crystal elastomer. The method fully shows that the sensing material based on the liquid crystal elastomer is prepared by the scheme, the sensing performance with high sensitivity and high stability is realized in a simpler mode, and meanwhile, the greatly improved mechanical property is obtained, so that the practical requirements of most flexible sensors can be met.

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1. A sensor material based on a liquid crystal elastomer is characterized in that the main raw materials comprise: pentaerythritol tetra (3-mercaptopropionate), 3, 6-dioxa-1, 8-octanedithiol, an acrylate monomer RM257, carbon fiber and dipropylamine; wherein, the structure of the tetra (3-mercaptopropionic acid) pentaerythritol ester is as follows:
Figure FDA0003534725130000011
the 3, 6-dioxa-1, 8-octane dithiol has the structure as follows:
Figure FDA0003534725130000012
the structure of the 1, 4-bis- [4- (3-acryloyloxypropoxy) benzoyloxy ] -2-methylbenzene is as follows:
Figure FDA0003534725130000013
the dipropylamine structure is as follows:
Figure FDA0003534725130000014
2. a method for preparing a liquid crystal elastomer-based sensor material according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:
(1) adding pentaerythritol tetrakis (3-mercaptopropionate), 3, 6-dioxa-1, 8-octane dithiol, an acrylate monomer, carbon fiber and dichloromethane into a strain bottle, and carrying out ultrasonic crushing;
(2) adding dipropylamine into the mixed solution obtained in the step (1), and then carrying out ultrasonic treatment;
(3) pouring the mixed solution obtained in the step (2) into a polytetrafluoroethylene groove, removing bubbles, putting into an oven, and thermally initiating pre-crosslinking to form a film;
(4) after film forming, taking out the film from the groove, and partially cutting four edges of the film;
(5) stretching and orienting the film cut in the step (4), fixing and then placing to realize secondary crosslinking; finally, forming a carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer composite film;
(6) the carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer composite film is cut into a proper size, fixed at the joint of a human finger and connected to a microcomputer control electronic universal testing machine.
3. The method for preparing a liquid crystal elastomer-based sensor material according to claim 2, wherein in the step (1), the time for the ultrasonication is 10 to 15 min.
4. The method for preparing a sensor material based on a liquid crystal elastomer, according to claim 2, wherein in the step (3), the oven temperature is 25-35 ℃, and the time for placing the sensor material in the oven is 2-3 h.
5. The method for preparing a liquid crystal elastomer-based sensor material according to claim 2, wherein in the step (5), the film is stretched to 200 to 300% of its original length.
6. The method for preparing a liquid crystal elastomer-based sensor material according to claim 2, wherein in the step (5), the stretched film is fixedly placed for not less than 10 hours.
7. Use of the carbon fiber/liquid crystal elastomer film of claim 2 for sensing.
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