Super-elasticity at 4 K of covalently crosslinked polyimide aerogels with negative Poisson’s ratio

oleh: Yang Cheng, Xiang Zhang, Yixiu Qin, Pei Dong, Wei Yao, John Matz, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Jianfeng Shen, Mingxin Ye

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01

Deskripsi

The deep cryogenic temperatures present significant challenges for the performance of elastic materials. Here, the authors present a low density covalently crosslinked polyimide (PI) aerogels with super-elastic properties at deep cryogenic temperatures.