Elastomeric Polymer Multilayer Thin Film with Sustainable Gas Barrier at High Strain. Academic Article

abstract

• Most gas barrier thin films suffer from cracking or plastic deformation when stretched, leading to significant loss of barrier. In an effort to make a stretchable gas barrier, which maintains low permeability when exposed to cyclic strain, we prepared layer-by-layer assemblies of tannic acid (TA) and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). A 40-bilayer (344 nm-thick) TA/PEO assembly maintained its oxygen transmission rate (6X lower than the 1.6 mm-thick rubber substrate) after being stretched 100%. This submicron coating maintains a barrier 4X lower than the thick rubber substrate even after being strained 20X at 100%. These highly elastomeric assemblies are potentially useful for light-weighting inflatable devices.

authors

• Grunlan, Jaime

published proceedings

• ACS Appl Mater Interfaces

author list (cited authors)

• Xiang, F., Givens, T. M., Ward, S. M., & Grunlan, J. C.

citation count

• 25

complete list of authors

• Xiang, Fangming||Givens, Tara M||Ward, Sarah M||Grunlan, Jaime C

publication date

• August 2015

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces  Journal

keywords

• Cyclic Extension
• Elastic
• Layer-by-layer Assembly
• Oxygen Barrier
• Tannic Acid

PubMed Central ID

• 26196671

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/acsami.5b04500

start page

• 16148

end page

• 16151

volume

• 7

issue

• 30

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b04500