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Experimental Study of the Mechanical Properties of a Novel Supramolecular Polymer Filament Using a Microtensile Tester Based on Electronic Balance

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A novel kind of supramolecular polymer filament with a diameter of 2–5 μm was artificially synthesized, which is in fact a bundle of self-assembled nanotubes with a diameter of about 40 nm. The filament can be drawn from a special alkaline aqueous solution directly and free standing in room temperature, which has never been performed earlier. Amicrotensile tester was developed with the aid of an electronic balance to investigate the mechanical properties of the new filament. Monotonic and load–unload tensile tests were performed, respectively. The maximum tensile strength and the elastic modulus of the filament were 23.8 MPa and 1.9 GPa, respectively, which were higher than previous supramolecular polymers and comparable to some covalent-linked polymers.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge Professor He Guowei for his support. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos 11372323, 11025212 and 11272318), the project of function development on scientific instruments of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Opening Fund of State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics (LNM), Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 15 Beisihuanxi Road, Beijing, 100190, China

    Y. Huan, Y. Q. Shao & Y. J. Dai

  2. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Y. Q. Liu, T. Y. Wang & M. H. Liu

  3. College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China

    T. H. Zhang

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Huan, Y., Shao, Y.Q., Dai, Y.J. et al. Experimental Study of the Mechanical Properties of a Novel Supramolecular Polymer Filament Using a Microtensile Tester Based on Electronic Balance. Exp Tech 40, 737–742 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40799-016-0074-0

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