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Core-shell structured tow-pregs enabled additive manufacturing of continuously reinforced thermoset composites

One of the major challenges in thermally curable polymer composite additive manufacturing is the slow curing time of thermally curable resins, coupled with a significant drop in thermoset viscosity upon heating, making the formation of complex shapes difficult. To tackle these issues, we have introduced a novel rapid composite preformation strategy called Tow-Preg Cladding (TPC). This technique involves the use of a thin and rapidly curable dual-cure resin, which combines a thermally curable resin (such as epoxy) with a fast photo-curable resin. The dual-cure resin is applied as a coating over a thermally curable resin tow-preg, enabling the formation of a rigid cladding that supports and shapes the tow-pregs into the desired geometries and patterns. The key advantage of this approach lies in the sequential formation of an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) at the interlayer between laminates, resulting from the curing of the photocurable resin and the thermally curable resin sequentially. This IPN formation enhances interlaminar bonding in the composite, contributing to its overall strength and performance. The composites produced using this technique exhibited impressive mechanical properties, including longitudinal tensile strength of 1058.2 MPa, longitudinal tensile modulus of 74.2 GPa, flexural strength of 1080.4 MPa, and flexural modulus of 41.7 GPa. Overall, our Tow-Preg Cladding approach shows great promise in overcoming the challenges associated with thermally curable polymer composite additive manufacturing. It offers a viable solution to creating strong, shape-specific thermoset composites efficiently with enhanced mechanical properties.

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(CrMnCoNiZn) 3 O 4 @PPy core-shell nanocomposite with excellent electrochemical performance as lithium-ion battery anode

High entropy oxides (HEOs) have an excellent potential for use as electrode materials in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to their high theoretical specific capacity. In this work, spinel-structured (CrMnCoNiZn) 3 O 4 HEO nanoparticles with five elements in equal molar ratio is first generated by solution combustion method. (CrMnCoNiZn) 3 O 4 @polypyrrole (PPy) nanocomposites are prepared by in-situ polymerization method. As an anode for lithium-ion batteries, the electrochemical performance of the (CrMnCoNiZn) 3 O 4 @PPy composite outperforms that of (CrMnCoNiZn) 3 O 4 nanoparticles. The capacity is 802 mAh/g after 100 cycles at a current density of 100 mA/g, 416 mAh/g after 1000 cycles at a high current density of 1 A/g, and 360 mAh/g rate capacity at 2 A/g. The excellent electrochemical performance of the composites is mainly due to the fact that the conductive and flexible PPy is encapsulated on the high-entropy oxides, which can alleviate the volume change triggered by extraction-insertion of lithium ions process, as well as enhance the electrical conductivity and reduce the occurrence of some side reactions. Finally, this method of compositing materials can also be used in other HEOs and conductive polymers, providing a new idea to enhance the electrochemical properties of HEOs.

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Integration of layered group IV selenides: From SnSe–SnSe 2-x S x core-shell crystals to complex (SnSe–SnSe 2-x S x )-GeSe van der waals heterostructures

The layered semiconductor tin selenide (SnSe) has received extensive interest due to its promising thermoelectric and ferroelectric properties. Integrating SnSe with other layered crystals in heterostructures can enable the modification of charge- and thermal transport, electrical polarization, and other properties such as chemical stability, optoelectronics, and photonics. Here, we demonstrate the vapor transport synthesis of single-crystalline SnSe monochalcogenide flakes that are spontaneously encapsulated in a thin layered SnSe 2-x S x dichalcogenide shell. In a second growth step, such SnSe-SnSe 2-x S x heterostructures are integrated with the monochalcogenide GeSe, which is laterally stitched to the SnSe side facets while preserving the dichalcogenide shell across the basal facets. This architecture is confirmed by optical microscopy, electron microscopy and diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray and Raman spectroscopies, as well as cathodoluminescence spectroscopy. Furthermore, the results extend our capabilities for materials integration by forming complex heterostructures with both vertical van der Waals interfaces and covalent lateral interfaces between layered semiconductors.

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