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Carbon nanotube films with ultrahigh thermal-shock and thermal-shock-fatigue resistance characterized by ultra-fast ascending shock testing

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The exploration of material failure behavior not only involves defining its limits and underlying mechanisms but also entails devising strategies for improvement and protection in extreme conditions. We’ve pioneered an advanced multi-scale, high-speed ascending thermal shock testing platform capable of inducing unprecedented heat shocks at rates surpassing 105 °C/s. Through meticulous examination of the thermal shock responses of carbon nanotube (CNT) films, we’ve achieved remarkable breakthroughs. By employing an innovative macro-scale synchronous tightening and relaxing approach, we’ve attained a critical temperature differential in CNT films that exceeds an exceptional 2500 °C—surpassing any previously reported metric for high-performance, thermal-shock-resistant materials. Notably, these samples have demonstrated exceptional resilience, retaining virtually unchanged strength even after enduring 10,000 thermal shock cycles at temperatures exceeding 1000 °C. Furthermore, our research has revealed a novel thermal shock/fatigue failure mechanism that fundamentally diverges from conventional theories centered on thermal stress.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Prof. Shoushan Fan, Prof. Kaili Jiang and Prof. Liang Liu from Tsinghua University for their kind material support and helpful discussions to this work. This work was jointly supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (No. 2022YFA1205400), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11832010, 11890682, and 21721002), the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos. E1I41IR1 and E2911IR1), Special Research Assistant Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. E37551R1), the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDB36010200), and the Austrian-Chinese Cooperative Research and Development Projects (No. GJHZ2043).

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  1. CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Mingquan Zhu, Shijun Wang, Yunxiang Bai, Feng Gao, Congying Wang, Peng Zhang, Hao Jin, Hui Zhang, Luqi Liu & Zhong Zhang

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Mingquan Zhu, Yunxiang Bai, Congying Wang, Peng Zhang & Luqi Liu

  3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Zhenxing Zhu & Fei Wei

  4. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Zhiping Xu

  5. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Xinghong Zhang

  6. CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China

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Zhu, M., Wang, S., Bai, Y. et al. Carbon nanotube films with ultrahigh thermal-shock and thermal-shock-fatigue resistance characterized by ultra-fast ascending shock testing. Nano Res. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6684-4

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