Maciej Ratynski, Michal Krajewski, Tomas Tamulevičius, Yaroslav Vasyliovych Bobytskyy, Joanna B Kisała, Piotr Krzeminski, Bartosz Hamankiewicz, Andrzej Czerwinski
{"title":"Femtosecond Laser Treatment of Copper Current Collectors and Their Application in Li-Ion Batteries.","authors":"Maciej Ratynski, Michal Krajewski, Tomas Tamulevičius, Yaroslav Vasyliovych Bobytskyy, Joanna B Kisała, Piotr Krzeminski, Bartosz Hamankiewicz, Andrzej Czerwinski","doi":"10.1021/acsaenm.5c00589","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsaenm.5c00589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Current collectors (CCs) play an important role in enhancing the electrochemical performance of lithium-ion batteries (LiB). Research shows that increasing the surface roughness of copper foil helps improve the bonding strength between the current collector and the active material, reduces the contact resistance between them, and consequently enhances the battery's rate discharge performance and cycling stability. In the present work, a copper current collector modification by femtosecond laser treatment forming quasiperiodical nanostructures was proposed. The modified current collectors were examined through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging and roughness measurements and further tested with silicon particles in Li-ion cells through galvanostatic charge/discharge experiments. As a result of the laser process, one can observe increasing contact between the current collector and the active material grains, which creates a buffer zone for the volume expansion of the active material during charging and discharging. The results show increased specific capacities, cyclabilities, and Coulombic efficiencies for modified current collectors compared with standard copper foil. It was demonstrated that implementing laser treatment into standard procedures of electrode manufacturing for lithium-ion batteries can easily improve the electrochemical performance of active materials, especially those that experience large volume changes during cycling.</p>","PeriodicalId":55639,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Engineering Materials","volume":"3 9","pages":"3228-3238"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12481476/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ngoc Hoi Nguyen, Tien-Dung Nguyen-Dinh, Ngoc Thuy Trang Le, Thi-Kim-Chi Huynh and Dai Hai Nguyen*,
{"title":"Study of the Influence of Poloxamer 184, 188, and 407 As Capping Agents on the Dual-Drug Delivery Ability of Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles","authors":"Ngoc Hoi Nguyen, Tien-Dung Nguyen-Dinh, Ngoc Thuy Trang Le, Thi-Kim-Chi Huynh and Dai Hai Nguyen*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsaenm.5c00538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00538","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Recently, several strategies, including nanocarrier systems and combination drug therapy, have been investigated to address the challenges of chemotherapy such as side effects, poor solubility, and multidrug resistance. This study aimed to synthesize an appropriate carrier system based on hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles (HMSN) and a Poloxamer (PL) for dual-drug delivery. HMSN were first synthesized using the hard-template method and then modified with three different PL chains including PL184, PL188, and PL407. The three obtained system HMSN-PLs would be investigated for their potential in dual-drug delivery for Doxorubicin (DOX) as a hydrophilic model drug and Quecertin (QUE) as a hydrophobic model drug via key parameters such as cytotoxicity, loading capacity, loading efficiency, and <i>in vitro</i> drug release behavior. The selected HMSN-PL system would be characterized for its physicochemical properties as well as its ability to kill cancer cells. The findings of this study provide a solid basis for developing an ideal dual-drug delivery system based on HMSN and Poloxamer.</p>","PeriodicalId":55639,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Engineering Materials","volume":"3 8","pages":"2697–2707"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bo-Jhih Chou, Yu-I Chang, Yun-Yan Chung, Wei-Sheng Yun, Sui-An Chou, Chen-Feng Hsu, Jian-Chen Tsai, Wen-Hao Chang, Tung-Ying Lee, Chao-Ching Cheng, Iuliana P. Radu and Chao-Hsin Chien*,
{"title":"Enhanced Interlayer Coupling in Few-Layer MoS2 via Stacking of CVD-Grown Monolayers","authors":"Bo-Jhih Chou, Yu-I Chang, Yun-Yan Chung, Wei-Sheng Yun, Sui-An Chou, Chen-Feng Hsu, Jian-Chen Tsai, Wen-Hao Chang, Tung-Ying Lee, Chao-Ching Cheng, Iuliana P. Radu and Chao-Hsin Chien*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsaenm.5c00388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00388","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Two-dimensional MoS<sub>2</sub> field-effect transistors (FETs) exhibit significant potential for next-generation electronics due to their exceptional electronic properties with atomically thin channels. Notably, few-layer MoS<sub>2</sub> demonstrates superior mechanical strength and carrier mobility compared to monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub>. This work presents an alternative approach for fabricating high-quality few-layer MoS<sub>2</sub> structures. This approach avoids the challenges associated with the direct synthesis of large-area and high-quality few-layer transition-metal dichalcogenides. It also overcomes the limitations of exfoliation methods, which lack precise control over the area, layer number, and positioning. Our methodology involves sequential layer stacking of chemical vapor deposition (CVD)-grown monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub> films, followed by nanosheet patterning and high-vacuum annealing to enhance interlayer coupling. Comprehensive characterization using Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence, atomic force microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy confirms that the resulting structures exhibit optical and physical properties comparable to exfoliated or directly CVD-grown few-layer MoS<sub>2</sub>. We observe the expected band-gap narrowing and direct-to-indirect-band-gap transition as the number of layers increases. Electrical characterization of FETs fabricated from these structures demonstrates that, at a carrier concentration of 1.5 × 10<sup>13</sup> cm<sup>–2</sup>, the intrinsic mobility increases with layer numbers, from 11.4 cm<sup>2</sup>/V·s for a monolayer to 26.5 cm<sup>2</sup>/V·s for trilayers.</p>","PeriodicalId":55639,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Engineering Materials","volume":"3 8","pages":"2542–2549"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00388","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caleb Song, Nicholas J. Weadock, Michael F. Toney and John Pellegrino*,
{"title":"Characterization and Improvement of Surface Conductive, Graphene Membrane Electrodes Produced by Phase Inversion atop Prelayered Graphene Nanosheets","authors":"Caleb Song, Nicholas J. Weadock, Michael F. Toney and John Pellegrino*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsaenm.5c00235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00235","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Surface conductive, graphene membrane electrodes (grMEs) can be highly effective for electrochemical applications that combine molecular separation and current collection. However, it is important to understand the relationships between fabrication procedures, nanosheet arrangements, and conductivity. Here, we present a series of improvements on graphene nanosheet transfer including demonstrating a >10x increase in membrane area with comparable sheet resistance (79 Ω/sq) as smaller (11 cm<sup>2</sup>) samples, controlling the loading of graphene nanosheets, and identifying two flexible polymer membranes viable as transfer media: Celgard 3501 (coated-polypropylene) and microporous ECTFE (ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene). These changes produced a range of sheet resistances from 128 to 16 Ω/sq, with total graphene loading producing the most significant decreases in sheet resistance. Additionally, we present a methodology for analyzing the arrangement of the graphene nanosheet layer in the composite membrane by comparing X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns to those reported in the literature. Even though these grMEs have only a micrometer(s)-scale graphene nanosheet layer, we conclude that their arrangement varied predictably depending on the transfer media and vacuum deposition force applied. Interestingly, different overall amounts of deposited graphene nanosheets generated different XRD correlations with the conductivity, likely the result of the anisotropy between the in-plane and vertical conductivities of stacked nanosheets. Finally, we also report the effect of the membrane polymer in these composite grMEs on the liquid and gas mass transfer under diffusion-dominated conditions to illustrate the potential application of grMEs for an abiotic glucose fuel cell device.</p>","PeriodicalId":55639,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Engineering Materials","volume":"3 8","pages":"2335–2345"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chhaya Rawat, Shifa Shaikh, Mohd Rahil Hasan, Dakshita Naithani, Saumitra Singh, Pradakshina Sharma, Emine Guler Celik, Suna Timur, Roberto Pilloton and Jagriti Narang*,
{"title":"Synthesis to Application of 2D Nanomaterials: Advances from Graphene to MXenes and Their Integration into Energy, Electronic, and Biomedical Technologies","authors":"Chhaya Rawat, Shifa Shaikh, Mohd Rahil Hasan, Dakshita Naithani, Saumitra Singh, Pradakshina Sharma, Emine Guler Celik, Suna Timur, Roberto Pilloton and Jagriti Narang*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsaenm.5c00324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00324","url":null,"abstract":"<p >In 2004, scientists announced the synthesis of graphene in the world. Following this successful experiment, two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials emerged due to their unique properties, such as ultrathin thickness, high conductivity, and lightweight, which are suitable for a wide range of applications such as disease detection devices, cancer therapy, energy storage, lubricants, plant development, and many more. These are unusual materials with large sizes and robust bonding. They typically have just one dimension ranging from 1 to 100 nm, while the remaining two dimensions are enormous (in micrometers). Aside from 2D nanomaterials, other sorts of nanomaterials are developed based on their dimension status, including 0D nanomaterials, 1D nanomaterials, and 3D nanomaterials. The three dimensions of space length (<i>l</i>), width (<i>w</i>), and height (<i>h</i>) may be used to compare the primary differences between all of these dimensions, as can a material. If the nanomaterial’s dimension is set at 100 nm, then a nanomaterial with 0D (quantum dots, etc.) indicates that each of its <i>l</i>, <i>w</i>, and <i>h</i> dimensions is less than 100 nm. One dimension (nanorods and nanotubes) (<i>l</i>, <i>w</i>, and <i>h</i>) is higher than 100 nm in 1D, while the other two dimensions are still less than 100 nm. 2D (nanosheets) indicates that just one of the three dimensions is still smaller than 100 nm, while the other two are larger than 100 nm. Finally, 3D (flower-like structured, cubical form, etc.) denotes that all three dimensions─<i>l</i>, <i>w</i>, and <i>h</i>─are larger than 100. In this review, the fresh progress of 2D nanomaterials is elaborated, which may provide beneficial knowledge for the beginner to understand the overall concept based on different applications and recent research.</p>","PeriodicalId":55639,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Engineering Materials","volume":"3 8","pages":"2259–2274"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Keerthana Krishnan, Min-Bum Kim, Sun Hae Ra Shin, Ambalavanan Jayaraman, Gokahn O. Alptekin, Freya Kugler and Praveen K. Thallapally*,
{"title":"Investigation of SIFSIX-3-Ni Membranes for CO2/N2 Separation","authors":"Keerthana Krishnan, Min-Bum Kim, Sun Hae Ra Shin, Ambalavanan Jayaraman, Gokahn O. Alptekin, Freya Kugler and Praveen K. Thallapally*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsaenm.5c00359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00359","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The pressing need to address climate change has necessitated the development of advanced technologies for CO<sub>2</sub> separation and capture. Existing separation techniques including scrubbing and cryogenic distillation are often limited by scalability challenges and operational costs in contrast to membrane-based separations. Herein, we report the separation of CO<sub>2</sub> from N<sub>2</sub> using ultramicroporous SIFSIX-3-Ni MOF membranes. We investigated the influences of membrane composition and thickness on gas permeance and separation efficiency. SIFSIX-3-Ni membranes resulted in a CO<sub>2</sub> permeance of 105.33 × 10<sup>–7</sup> mol/m<sup>2</sup> s Pa and a CO<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> selectivity of 8. Following up to 4 h of exposure to lab air, the SIFISX-3-Ni membranes did not show any decline in separation performance, confirming its stability. Comparison of membrane performances for 10, 20, 30, and 60 cycles further highlights the importance of synthesis optimization.</p>","PeriodicalId":55639,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Engineering Materials","volume":"3 8","pages":"2483–2490"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Liu, Eric Brian Gamboa, Akshay Kothamath, Colleen Lam, Rayan A. M. Basodan and Hyun-Joong Chung*,
{"title":"Stretch-Induced Ice-Shedding Protective Sheet by an Auxetic Skeletal Structure Embedded in an Organogel Matrix","authors":"David Liu, Eric Brian Gamboa, Akshay Kothamath, Colleen Lam, Rayan A. M. Basodan and Hyun-Joong Chung*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsaenm.5c00449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00449","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Dealing with slush and ice buildup is common in northern climates. These contaminants can easily block important sensors for cars, such as cameras and LiDAR. Current anti-icing surfaces and deicing technologies are often not effective during the height of winter. This work describes the fabrication and testing of a protective composite sheet consisting of a slippery organogel matrix and an auxetic structure that both passively and actively sheds ice from the surface to protect these sensors. The organogel matrix excretes a slippery lubricating layer that prevents ice from building on the surface, and a uniaxially stretched auxetic structure creates an area mismatch between the surface of the sheet and the ice. The organogel matrix consists of a silicone elastomer precursor with silicone oil, providing optical transparency. The auxetic structure is 3d printed with a combination of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) with fumed silica added as a rheological modifier to provide additional strength to the structure. Image analysis reveals that the composite sheet has a staggering negative Poisson’s ratio of −0.58. In order to quantify the ice adhesion on the shield, home-built testing equipment is devised to assess the effectiveness of the protective sheets in removing ice built on the surface. A small critical shear stress to remove ice cubes from the sheet (<10 kpa) is achieved in various elastomer and organogel surfaces in static ice adhesion tests. However, active deice testing involving repetitive uniaxial stretching reveals that the auxetic property of the sheet is strictly necessary to remove ice buildup effectively. In conclusion, our composite sheets with a negative Poisson’s ratio with slippery, anti-icing surfaces are effective in removing ice buildup, suggesting their potential usage as a shield for optical sensors in autonomous vehicles and more.</p>","PeriodicalId":55639,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Engineering Materials","volume":"3 8","pages":"2614–2623"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anthony Griffin, Muxuan Yang, Parker Frame, Weinan Xu* and Zhe Qiang*,
{"title":"On-Demand Porous Carbon Fabrication via Selective Laser Sintering for Electrochemical Energy Storage","authors":"Anthony Griffin, Muxuan Yang, Parker Frame, Weinan Xu* and Zhe Qiang*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsaenm.5c00297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00297","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Manufacturing structured carbon with tunable three-dimensional (3D) architectures remains a major hurdle for widescale use due to process complexity and high cost of current methods. This work demonstrates the fabrication of structured carbon using selective laser sintering (SLS)-based additive manufacturing, enabling control over both the macroscopic geometry and the nanoscale pore textures. Our process employs polyethylene (PE) as the carbon precursor and only involves steps of printing, cross-linking, and pyrolysis. The incomplete coalescence of PE particles during printing results in the formation of a macroporous structure. Moreover, we demonstrate the production of 3D-printed carbon–cobalt nanocomposites through a simple metal immersion step prior to pyrolysis. The electrochemical properties of these structured carbons and carbon–cobalt nanocomposites were investigated, revealing enhanced performance attributed to the synergistic effects of electric double-layer capacitance and pseudocapacitance. Our method is resource-efficient, utilizes inexpensive precursors, and is capable of imparting functional nanoparticles to the carbon matrix. The resulting structured carbon-based electrodes exhibit high charge storage capacity, highlighting their potential for next-generation, 3D-printable electrochemical energy storage devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":55639,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Engineering Materials","volume":"3 8","pages":"2391–2401"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00297","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James Baker, Cristina Perinu, Maria Psarrou, Sigmund Mordal Lucasen, Victor Kusuma, Patrick F. Muldoon, Akrivi Asimakopoulou, David Hopkinson and Solon P. Economopoulos*,
{"title":"Mixed Matrix Membranes Composed of Graphene-Based Derivatives as Additives in PVAm for CO2 Capture","authors":"James Baker, Cristina Perinu, Maria Psarrou, Sigmund Mordal Lucasen, Victor Kusuma, Patrick F. Muldoon, Akrivi Asimakopoulou, David Hopkinson and Solon P. Economopoulos*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsaenm.5c00316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00316","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Graphene oxide (GO) mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) that employ facilitated transport of carbon dioxide were prepared and tested for use in postcombustion carbon capture. Two graphene hybrids were synthesized using exfoliated graphene (G) and GO as a basis and were then appended with triethylene glycol (TEG) and <i>N</i>-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine (EDAOH) functional groups, respectively. Unfunctionalized GO nanoparticles were commercially obtained for comparison to the synthesized nanoparticles. The three additives were tested as nanofillers with loadings of 0.5 wt % and, in one case, 1 wt % in polyvinylamine (PVAm) matrices for CO<sub>2</sub> and N<sub>2</sub> gas permeability using humidified mixed gas. MMMs using G-TEG filler particles resulted in improved CO<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> selectivity, while GO-EDAOH fillers improved both the CO<sub>2</sub> permeability and the CO<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> selectivity compared to neat PVAm. Unfunctionalized GO fillers resulted in no significant change in gas transport properties. Mechanical properties were also tested. The addition of GO or GO-EDAOH filler particles resulted in improvements in storage modulus as well as higher glass transition temperature, while G-TEG filler particles yielded a less significant change compared to neat PVAm.</p>","PeriodicalId":55639,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Engineering Materials","volume":"3 8","pages":"2430–2440"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00316","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xudong Wu, Rotem Azoulay, Nidaa S. Herzallh, Tamar Segal-peretz*, Shuhong Chen, Muzhi Kang, Bowen Zhang and Daniel Q. Tan*,
{"title":"Enhancing Dielectric Properties of Poly(ether imide) Composites through Vapor Phase Infiltration of PMMA/AlOx Hybrid Fibers","authors":"Xudong Wu, Rotem Azoulay, Nidaa S. Herzallh, Tamar Segal-peretz*, Shuhong Chen, Muzhi Kang, Bowen Zhang and Daniel Q. Tan*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsaenm.5c00373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00373","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Polymer dielectric composites have garnered significant research interest owing to their versatile applications and tunable filler configurations. In this study, vapor phase infiltration is employed to incorporate inorganic alumina (AlO<sub><i>x</i></sub>) into poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) fibers, creating multi-interfaced organic–inorganic hybrid fibers. Precursor exposure time serves as a critical parameter for controlling the deposition behavior and spatial organization of inorganic components within the hybrid fibers. Prolonged exposure time enables deep infiltration and homogeneous dispersion of alumina throughout the polymer fiber matrix, while short exposure time leads to a characteristic surface-rich architecture. These multi-interface hybrid fibers demonstrate exceptional multifunctional properties, including enhanced mechanical strength and thermal stability, making them promising candidates as advanced fillers for dielectric composites. These specially designed fillers were incorporated into PEI/fiber composites, resulting in enhanced dielectric constant, energy storage density, and high breakdown strength (700 kV/mm) while maintaining a low loss tangent and high charge/discharge efficiency when measured using large electrodes while achieving an energy storage density of 8.9 J/cm<sup>3</sup> favorable for capacitor applications. This hybrid fiber approach establishes a paradigm for the design and development of next-generation filler materials in dielectric applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":55639,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Engineering Materials","volume":"3 8","pages":"2504–2512"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}