IP Library Granted Patent US 12,234,541
Granted Patent B2
US 12,234,541 · App. 17/971,912 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Polymer composite material and preparation method thereof

Inventors: Jian Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Yu Bu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SHENZHEN FUTIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
C23C14/205C08J5/18C23C14/021C23C14/3407C23C14/35C08J2367/02C08J2379/08
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Patent No.
US 12,234,541
App. No.
17/971,912
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a polymer composite material and a preparation method thereof. The polymer composite material includes a polymer base layer and a metal thin film layer provided on a surface of the polymer base layer. The metal thin film layer is made of amorphous alloy. The surface of the polymer base layer is provided with a metal thin film with an amorphous structure. In this way, the arrangement of the metal thin film with amorphous structure can not only improve the mechanical properties, wear resistance and corrosion resistance of the polymer substrate material, but also can greatly improve the toughness of the polymer substrate material, to simultaneously improve the strength and toughness of the polymer material.

Claims (21)

1. A polymer composite material, comprising:

a polymer base layer; and

a metal thin film layer provided on a surface of the polymer base layer,

wherein the metal thin film layer is made of amorphous alloy,

the amorphous alloy comprises any one of MgZnCa alloy, AlNiY alloy, MgCuY alloy and ZrCuAl alloy, an atomic ratio of Mg, Zn, and Ca in the MgZnCa alloy is 60:35:5,

after uniaxial stretching of the polymer composite material, the amorphous metal thin film layer is broken into regular fragments in rigid regions, relative rotation and sliding of the fragments during deformation dissipate additional energy, the rigid region formed by the fragments forces the molecular chains of the closed region to flow to the non-closed region in the plane.

2. The polymer composite material of claim 1 , wherein the polymer base layer is made of any one of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyimide (PI), polycarbonate (PC), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polypropylene (PP).

3. The polymer composite material of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the polymer base layer is 50 μm to 1000 μm; and/or a thickness of the metal thin film layer is 50 nm to 5000 nm.

4. A method for preparing a polymer composite material, wherein the polymer composite material comprises a polymer base layer and a metal thin film layer provided on a surface of the polymer base layer, the metal thin film layer is made of amorphous alloy, the amorphous alloy comprises any one of MgZnCa alloy, AlNiY alloy, MgCuY alloy and ZrCuAl alloy, an atomic ratio of Mg, Zn, and Ca in the MgZnCa alloy is 60:35:5, after uniaxial stretching of the polymer composite material, the amorphous metal thin film layer is broken into regular fragments in rigid regions, relative rotation and sliding of the fragments during deformation dissipate additional energy, the rigid region formed by the fragments forces the molecular chains of the closed region to flow to the non-closed region in the plane, and the method comprises following operations:

placing a metal target on a target position of a magnetron sputtering coater;

putting a pretreated polymer substrate into the magnetron sputtering coater;

vacuuming the magnetron sputtering coater to a vacuum state;

adjusting a power of the magnetron sputtering coater;

introducing Ar into the magnetron sputtering coater; and

perform coating treatment on the polymer substrate, to form a metal thin film with an amorphous structure on a surface of the polymer substrate.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein an air pressure in the vacuum state is 10 −3 torr to 10 −9 torr, and a flow of Ar is 50 sccm to 70 sccm;

during the coating treatment, a sputtering power is 300 W to 350 W, a temperature is 25° C. to 100° C., a target-base distance is 12 cm to 18 cm, and a sputtering rate of target atoms is 1 nm/min to 30 nm/min.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the pretreated polymer substrate is obtained through the following operations:

placing the polymer substrate in ethanol and deionized water sequentially for ultrasonic cleaning to obtain the pretreated polymer substrate.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein before putting the metal target into the magnetron sputtering coater, the metal target is processed through the following operations:

sanding off a surface layer of the metal target with sandpaper, and then ultrasonically cleaning the metal target in acetone, ethanol and deionized water in sequence.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2022
From: LU, JIAN; BU, YU
To: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SHENZHEN FUTIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210925347.1 · Aug 1, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022113109 · Aug 17, 2022
Related Publication 20240035147A1 · Feb 1, 2024
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