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Bioinspired Functionally Graded Nanocomposites Synthesized Through Magnetophoretic Processes for Tailored Stress Reduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2014

Tommaso Nardi
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Technologie des Composites et Polymères (LTC) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
Yves Leterrier*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Technologie des Composites et Polymères (LTC) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
Jan-Anders E. Månson
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Technologie des Composites et Polymères (LTC) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Abstract

Through a unique combination of magnetophoretic and photopolymerization processes, approximately 150 μm thick functionally graded films based on a UV-curable matrix and containing Fe3O4@SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles are synthesized. Owing to their continuous composition gradients and to the considerable variations in elastic modulus (up to ≈70 %) when going from particle-depleted to particle-enriched regions, such materials are highly efficient in reducing the mechanical stress arising from thermal variations, therefore improving the material efficiency towards durability and delamination problems.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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