Stretchable Heat Transfer Eco-Materials: Mesogen Grafted NR-Based Nanocomposites with High Thermal Conductivity and Low Dielectric Constant.

Biomass-based functional polymers have received significant attention across various fields, in view of eco-friendly human society and sustainable growth. In this context, there are efforts to functionalize the biomass polymers for next-generation polymer materials. Here, stretchable heat transfer materials are focused on which are essential for stretchable electronics and future robotics.

N, S-Codoped Carbon Dots-Based Reusable Solvatochromic Organogel Sensors for Detecting Organic Solvents.

The visualization and analysis of organic solvents using fluorescent sensors are crucial, given their association with environmental safety and human health. Conventional fluorescent sensors are typically single-use sensors and they often require sophisticated measurement instruments, which limits their practical and diverse applications. Herein, we develop solvatochromic nitrogen and sulfur codoped carbon dots (NS-CDs)-based organogel sensors that display color changes in response to different solvents.

Mechanical Durability of Flexible Printed Circuit Boards Containing Thin Coverlays Fabricated with Poly(Amide-Imide-Urethane)/Epoxy Interpenetrating Networks.

Because electronics are becoming flexible, the demand for techniques to manufacture thin flexible printed circuit boards (FPCBs) has increased. Conventional FPCBs are fabricated by attaching a coverlay film (41 μm) onto copper patterns/polyimide (PI) film to produce the structure of coverlay/Cu patterns/PI film. Given that the conventional coverlay consists of two layers of polyimide film and adhesive, its thickness must be reduced to generate thinner FPCBs.

Thermal Energy Harvest and Reutilization by the Combination of Thermal Conducting Reactive Mesogens and Heat-Storage Mesogens.

Utilizing a newly programmed and synthesized heat storage mesogen (HSM) and reactive mesogen (RM), advanced heat managing polymer alloys that exhibit high thermal conductivity, high latent heat, and phase transition at high temperatures were developed for use as smart thermal energy harvesting and reutilization materials. The RM in the heat-managing RM-HSM polymer alloy was polymerized to form a robust polymeric network with high thermal conductivity. The phase-separated HSM domains between RM polymeric networks absorbed and released a lot of thermal energy in response to changes in the surrounding temperature.

Thermoelectric properties of Bi2Te3-PbTe pseudo binary near the eutectic composition.

(Bi2Te3)(1-x)(PbTe)(x) binary systems near eutectic composition were prepared by melting of elemental metals and a sequential water quenching process and their microstructures and thermoelectric properties were investigated. Multiple phases such as Bi2Te3, BiPbTe and PbTe were observed due to phase separation when the composition x was higher than the eutectic point. Also the electrical conduction type of the alloys converted from p-type to n-type in the phase separated alloys.