Phosphorescent extensophores expose elastic nonuniformity in polymer networks

The macroscopic mechanical response in cross-linked polymer networks has been well investigated but an understanding of pre-failure local mechanical responses at the level of individual crosslinks is still lacking. Here, using an extensophore concept, the authors show that the crosslinks in an elast...

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Main Authors: Kaikai Zheng, Yifan Zhang, Bo Li, Steve Granick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36249-x