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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yang Cheng, Xiang Zhang, Yixiu Qin, Pei Dong, Wei Yao, John Matz, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Jianfeng Shen, Mingxin Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24388-y