Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the existing research on the assembly of MXene and fibers and the preparation of flexible conductive elements by microfluidic spinning, the invention provides a method for preparing linear type core-shell structure conductive fibers with good conductivity and photo-thermal shrinkage performance based on a microfluidic spinning technology and application of the prepared linear type core-shell structure conductive fibers in a flexible electronic system.
In order to achieve the technical purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: a micro-fluidic spinning device comprises an internal phase capillary tube, an intermediate phase capillary tube, an observation capillary tube, an external phase capillary tube, an internal phase liquid inlet device, an intermediate phase liquid inlet device and an external phase liquid inlet device, wherein the intermediate phase capillary tube is coaxially sleeved at the rear part of the internal phase capillary tube, the external phase capillary tube is coaxially sleeved at the rear part of the intermediate phase capillary tube, the observation capillary tube is positioned at a joint of the intermediate phase capillary tube and the external phase capillary tube, the internal phase capillary tube is connected with the internal phase liquid inlet device to form an internal phase fluid circulation pipeline, the intermediate phase capillary tube is connected with the intermediate phase liquid inlet device to form an intermediate phase fluid circulation pipeline, and the external phase capillary tube is connected with.
Further, internal phase inlet means, mesophase inlet means and external phase inlet means structure are the same, all include syringe pump and syringe connection syringe needle, and the syringe pump passes through the pipe and is connected the syringe needle switch-on with the syringe, internal phase inlet means, mesophase inlet means and external phase inlet means's syringe connection syringe needle communicates with internal phase capillary, mesophase inlet means and external phase inlet means respectively through the pipe, and the flow direction of internal phase fluid, mesophase fluid and external phase fluid is the same.
Furthermore, the inner phase capillary tube, the middle phase capillary tube, the observation capillary tube and the outer phase capillary tube are all glass capillary tubes, the inner diameter of the inner phase capillary tube is 1/3-1/2 of the inner diameter of the middle phase capillary tube, the inner diameter of the middle phase capillary tube is 1/4-3/4 of the inner diameter of the outer phase capillary tube, and the joints of the inner phase capillary tube, the middle phase capillary tube, the observation capillary tube and the outer phase capillary tube are sealed by transparent epoxy resin.
Furthermore, the outflow port of the inner phase capillary tube is in a pointed cone shape, and the inner diameter of the inner phase capillary tube is 100-200 mu m; the outflow port of the intermediate phase capillary tube is in a pointed cone shape, and the inner diameter of the intermediate phase capillary tube is 250-350 mu m; the outflow port of the external phase capillary is circular, and the inner diameter of the external phase capillary is 800 μm; the observation capillary was a square capillary.
The invention also provides a preparation method of the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber, which is prepared by adopting the microfluidic spinning device and comprises the following steps:
s1, assembling the microfluidic spinning device: coaxially assembling an inner phase capillary tube into an intermediate phase capillary tube, coaxially assembling the intermediate phase capillary tube into an outer phase capillary tube, and observing that the capillary tube is sleeved at the interface of the intermediate phase capillary tube and the outer phase capillary tube, wherein the inner diameter of the inner phase capillary tube is 100-200 mu m, the inner diameter of the intermediate phase capillary tube is 250-350 mu m, and the inner diameter of the outer phase capillary tube is 800 mu m; then connecting the inner phase capillary tube with the inner phase liquid inlet device to form an inner phase fluid circulation pipeline, connecting the intermediate phase capillary tube with the intermediate phase liquid inlet device to form an intermediate phase fluid circulation pipeline, and connecting the outer phase capillary tube with the outer phase liquid inlet device to form an outer phase fluid circulation pipeline;
s2, preparing an aqueous solution with an inner phase having both electrical conductivity and photo-thermal responsiveness, and introducing a mesophase contractive hydrogel solution and an outer phase curing solution into the microfluidic spinning device assembled in the step S1 respectively, wherein all fluids flow in the same direction;
and S3, adjusting the flow rate of each phase fluid, and finally curing to form the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber.
The inner phase aqueous solution with conductivity and photo-thermal responsiveness is MXene aqueous solution, the intermediate phase contractive hydrogel solution is sodium alginate (Na-Alg) aqueous solution doped with N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) hydrogel, and the outer phase solidified solution is calcium chloride (CaCl)2) An aqueous solution.
In step S2, the mesophase shrinkage hydrogel solution and the aqueous solution with both electrical conductivity and photo-thermal responsiveness in the internal phase are sequentially and respectively introduced into the mesophase capillary and the internal phase capillary to obtain a core-shell fiber precursor in a laminar flow state, and then the core-shell fiber precursor is cured by introducing the external phase curing solution into the external phase capillary to maintain the core-shell structure of the conductive fiber; the core-shell ratio of the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber is adjusted by adjusting the flow rate of each phase fluid, wherein the flow rate adjusting range of each phase is as follows: the flow rate of the fluid in the inner phase is adjusted to be 0.1-0.5 mL/h, the flow rate of the fluid in the middle phase is 1.5-2.5 mL/h, the flow rate of the fluid in the outer phase is 8-16 mL/h, and the wall thickness of the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber is changed within the range of 100-300 microns, so that the regulation and control of the conductivity, the photo-thermal responsiveness and the shrinkage performance of the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber are realized.
The linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber is prepared by adopting the preparation method.
Further, the diameter of the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber is 200-400 μm.
The linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber is applied to a photo-thermal response flexible electronic system, and the fiber temperature of the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber is correspondingly changed under the irradiation of near infrared light to drive the fiber to contract so as to adjust the electrical property of the fiber.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: the invention provides a microfluidic spinning device and a method for preparing a linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber by adopting the device, the microfluidic spinning device has simple channel, low cost and convenient assembly and operation, and the accurate regulation and control of the shape of the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber can be realized by regulating the flow velocity of fluid of an internal phase, a middle phase and an external phase; the prepared linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber takes MXene aqueous solution as a core layer, the sheath layer is a contractive alginate hydrogel material with good biocompatibility and doped with NIPAM, the good core-shell structure is ensured, meanwhile, excellent conductive performance and photothermal contractive performance are endowed, the practicability is high, and the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber can be applied to a series of flexible electronic products needing photothermal response.
Detailed Description
In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solution of the present invention, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The experimental procedures used in the examples below are, unless otherwise specified, conventional procedures and the reagents, methods and equipment used are, unless otherwise specified, conventional in the art.
As shown in figure 1, the microfluidic spinning device comprises an inner phasecapillary tube 1, an intermediate phasecapillary tube 2, an observationcapillary tube 3, an outer phasecapillary tube 4, an inner phaseliquid inlet device 5, an intermediate phaseliquid inlet device 6 and an outer phaseliquid inlet device 7, wherein the inner phasecapillary tube 1, the intermediate phasecapillary tube 2, the observationcapillary tube 3 and the outer phasecapillary tube 4 are all glass capillary tubes, the outflow port of the inner phasecapillary tube 1 is in a pointed cone shape, the inner diameter of the inner phasecapillary tube 1 is 1/3-1/2 of the inner diameter of the intermediate phasecapillary tube 2, the outflow port of the intermediate phasecapillary tube 2 is in a pointed cone shape, the intermediate phasecapillary tube 2 is coaxially sleeved at the rear part of the inner phasecapillary tube 1, the inner diameter of the intermediate phasecapillary tube 2 is 1/4-3/4 of the inner diameter of the outer phasecapillary tube 4, the outflow port of the outer phase capillary, theobservation capillary 3 is a square capillary and is positioned at the interface of theintermediate phase capillary 2 and the external phase capillary 4, the interfaces of the internal phase capillary 1, the intermediate phase capillary 2, the observation capillary 3 and the external phase capillary 4 are all sealed by transparent epoxy resin, the internal phase capillary 1 is connected with the internal phaseliquid inlet device 5 to form an internal phase fluid circulation pipeline, the intermediate phase capillary 2 is connected with the intermediate phaseliquid inlet device 6 to form an intermediate phase fluid circulation pipeline, and theexternal phase capillary 4 is connected with the external phaseliquid inlet device 7 to form an external phase fluid circulation pipeline.
The structure of the inner phaseliquid inlet device 5, the structure of the middle phaseliquid inlet device 6 and the structure of the outer phaseliquid inlet device 7 are the same, the inner phaseliquid inlet device 5, the structure of the middle phaseliquid inlet device 6 and the structure of the outer phaseliquid inlet device 7 are all composed of an injection pump and a syringe connecting needle, the injection pump is communicated with the syringe connecting needle through a guide pipe, the syringe connecting needles of the inner phaseliquid inlet device 5, the middle phaseliquid inlet device 6;
optimally, the inner diameter of the inner phasecapillary tube 1 is 100-200 μm; the inner diameter of the intermediate phase capillary 2 is 250-350 μm; the inner diameter of the outer phase capillary 4 was 800. mu.m.
Example 1
A linear type core-shell structure MXene conductive fiber comprises the following steps:
s1, assembling the microfluidic spinning device: referring to fig. 1, an internal phase capillary 1, an intermediate phase capillary 2 and an external phase capillary 4, which have inner diameters of 100 μm, 250 μm and 800 μm, respectively, are coaxially assembled into anobservation capillary 3, and are encapsulated with transparent epoxy resin at necessary positions (at a joint between the internal phase capillary 1 and theintermediate phase capillary 2, at a joint between theintermediate phase capillary 2 and the observation capillary 3, and at a joint between the external phase capillary 4 and the observation capillary 3); then connecting theinternal phase capillary 1 with an internal phaseliquid inlet device 5 to form an internal phase fluid circulation pipeline, connecting theintermediate phase capillary 2 with an intermediate phaseliquid inlet device 6 to form an intermediate phase fluid circulation pipeline, and connecting theexternal phase capillary 4 with an external phaseliquid inlet device 7 to form an external phase fluid circulation pipeline;
S2M in which the internal phase of the preparation had both electrical conductivity and photothermal responsiveness, and the aqueous solution was 5mg/mLThe Xenes aqueous solution and the mesophase shrinkage hydrogel solution are 10: 1, 1.5wt% aqueous Na-Alg solution: 10wt% NIPAM aqueous solution, external phase solidification collection solution is 2wt% CaCl2An aqueous solution;
s3, respectively injecting an aqueous solution with both electric conductivity and photo-thermal responsiveness in an inner phase, a shrinkage hydrogel solution in an intermediate phase and a solidification and collection solution in an outer phase into theinner phase capillary 1, the intermediate phase capillary 2 and the outer phase capillary 4 through the inner phaseliquid inlet device 5, the intermediate phaseliquid inlet device 6 and the outer phaseliquid inlet device 7, adjusting the flow rate of an inner phase fluid to be 0.1-0.5 mL/h, the flow rate of an intermediate phase fluid to be 1.5-2.5 mL/h and the flow rate of an outer phase fluid to be 8-16 mL/h, and preparing the stable linear MXene conductive fiber with the core-shell structure;
as shown in fig. 2, linear core-shell structured MXene conductive fibers with different wall thicknesses are prepared by adjusting the flow rates of the internal phase fluid, the intermediate phase fluid and the external phase fluid only in this embodiment, where fig. 2a is a linear core-shell structured MXene conductive fiber prepared when the flow rate of the internal phase fluid, the flow rate of the intermediate phase fluid and the flow rate of the external phase fluid are 0.2mL/h, 2mL/h and 10mL/h, respectively; FIG. 2b shows linear MXene conductive fibers with core-shell structure prepared when the flow rates of the inner phase fluid, the intermediate phase fluid and the outer phase fluid are respectively 0.5mL/h, 1.5mL/h and 10 mL/h.
Example 2: morphology regulation and control of linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber
The microfluidic spinning device assembled in theembodiment 1 is adopted to prepare the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber, and in the preparation process, the inner phase MXenes aqueous solution, the intermediate phase Na-Alg/NIPAM aqueous solution or the outer phase CaCl is adjusted2The change of the wall thickness of the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber can be observed on line by the flow velocity of the aqueous solution, so as to realize the precise regulation and control of the appearance of the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber, as shown in fig. 3, wherein fig. 3a is external phase CaCl2The flow velocity of the aqueous solution is fixed, and the wall thickness of the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber changes when the flow velocities of the internal phase MXenes aqueous solution and the intermediate phase Na-Alg/NIPAM aqueous solution are adjusted; FIG. 3b shows the adjustment of the flow rate of the aqueous Na-Alg/NIPAM intermediate phase to adjust the internal MXenes aqueous solution and the external CaCl phase2Flow rate of aqueous solution, straight lineThe wall thickness change condition of the core-shell structure conductive fiber; the wall thickness of the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber can be changed between 100 and 300 mu m, and the subsequent accurate regulation and control of the conductivity and the shrinkage performance of the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber are realized by regulating and controlling the appearance, such as the wall thickness, of the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber, so that a foundation is laid for the subsequent flexible electronic application.
Example 3: electrical property test of linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber
Taking MXene as a core and hydrogel as a shell as shown in FIG. 2 in example 1, and taking a linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber prepared at different flow rates as an example, the resistance performance of the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber under different lengths, different inner core sizes and different stretching conditions was tested, and a corresponding resistance change value was calculated, as shown in FIG. 4;
the linear type core-shell structure conductive fibers with different inner core sizes are obtained by adjusting the flow rate of an inner phase solution (adjusting the flow rate of the inner phase from 0.1 mL/h to 0.5mL/h, and keeping the flow rate of a middle phase and the flow rate of an outer phase to be 1.5mL/h and 10mL/h respectively) on the basis of the same microfluidic spinning device, and have the same length and different inner diameters. As shown in fig. 4a, it is a graph of the relationship between the resistance of the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber and the inner diameter thereof under the same test length condition; specifically, the larger the inner diameter of the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber is, the smaller the resistance of the fiber is, and the better the conductivity is;
the linear type core-shell structure conductive fibers with different lengths are prepared based on the same microfluidic spinning device, namely the inner diameters of the linear type core-shell structure conductive fibers are controlled to be consistent (the flow rates of an inner phase, a middle phase and an outer phase are controlled to be 0.3mL/h, 1.5mL/h and 10mL/h uniformly). As shown in fig. 4b, under the same inner diameter of the test fiber, the electrical resistance of the fiber is increased and the electrical conductivity is not outstanding by changing the test length of the fiber to be longer;
fig. 4c shows the resistance change of the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber with a specific length (2 cm) and a specific inner diameter (corresponding to a flow rate of the internal phase/intermediate phase/external phase fluid of 0.3 mL/h/1.5 mL/h/10 mL/h) under different stretching conditions, and it can be seen that the greater the stretching degree, the less outstanding the conductivity of the fiber;
fig. 4d shows the resistance change of the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber wrapped in the elastic film and having the same length and inner diameter as those of fig. 4c under different stretching conditions, wherein the change trend is similar to that of the unencapsulated single fiber, but the stretching degree is increased.
The results prove that the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber prepared by the method has stable and excellent electrical properties and can play a great application potential in flexible electronic systems such as flexible skins.
Example 4: photo-thermal response application of linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber
Referring to example 1, taking MXene as a core and linear conductive fibers (prepared according to the flow rates of 0.5mL/h of internal phase fluid, 2mL/h of intermediate phase flow rate and 8 mL/h of external phase fluid) with shrinkable hydrogel as a shell as an example, the linear conductive fibers with the core-shell structure are irradiated under near infrared light, the shrinkage condition and the temperature change of the fibers are observed, the resistance change condition of the fibers is simultaneously observed in real time, the repeatability of photothermal-shrinkage-resistance response is researched, the value of the fibers in practical application is explored, and the result is shown in FIGS. 5 to 7.
As shown in fig. 5, it is a physical diagram of the photo-thermal shrinkage performance of the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber;
as shown in fig. 6a, the temperature of the fiber surface was increased faster as the irradiation power was higher, as a result of examining the irradiation power and the fiber surface temperature while maintaining the irradiation distance under the irradiation of infrared light for 1 minute; FIG. 6b shows the results of a study of the irradiation distance and the fiber surface temperature under 1 minute infrared irradiation with the irradiation power kept constant, and shows that the temperature of the fiber surface increases faster the closer the irradiation distance; fig. 6c shows that the recovery condition of the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber after 30s infrared irradiation is observed while the irradiation power and the irradiation distance are kept unchanged, and 20 times of cycle tests are performed, so that the linear core-shell structure conductive fiber is finally proved to have excellent heat recovery performance;
as shown in fig. 7a, the results of examining the change in the fiber resistance and the irradiation power with the irradiation distance kept constant under 1 minute infrared irradiation revealed that the higher the irradiation power, the faster the fiber resistance decreased; FIG. 7b shows the results of examining the change in the fiber resistance and the irradiation distance with the irradiation power kept constant for 1 minute of infrared irradiation, and it was found that the resistance of the fiber decreased more rapidly the closer the irradiation distance; FIG. 7c is a graph showing the recovery of the fiber resistance after 30s infrared irradiation, with the irradiation power and irradiation distance kept unchanged, and with 20 cycles of tests, the resistance recovery performance of the fiber is finally proved to be excellent; finally, the fact that the linear type core-shell structure conductive fiber can realize repeatable and stable resistance relative change in photo-thermal response can be proved, and a foundation is laid for specific application of flexible electronics.
The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and all technical solutions belonging to the idea of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention. It should be noted that modifications and embellishments within the scope of the invention may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention.