Inspired with fish scale to manufacture biomimetic MXene derivative for the reinforcement on tribological and mechanical properties of PPS fabric/phenolic composites

In recent years, the development of high-performance fabric composites has attracted widespread interest, but the frictional heat accumulation of fabric composites under high-speed has resulted in frictional failure, which has hindered the application of fabric composites. To remedy this deficiency, inspired by multilayer structure of fish scales, biomimetic MXene derivative [email protected]3C2Tx was manufactured in situ, which boosted interfacial compatibility with MXene and provided remarkable enhancement in terms of mechanical performances and tribological properties of fabric composites. The tensile strength of reinforced fabric composites is enlarged by 45%. In addition, the wear rate of the reinforced fabric composites is reduced by 77%. Hence, the biomimetic nanomaterial [email protected]3C2Tx offers a simple and dependable method for obtaining fabric composites with superior overall properties.