Superstretchable, yet stiff, fatigue-resistant ligament-like elastomers

Stiffness, toughness, and fatigue resistance are seemingly incompatible in materials design. Here the authors demonstrate a hierarchical crosslinking strategy using lithium ion oxygen interactions and PMMA nanoaggregates to enable energy dissipation in the network, leading to stiff yet tough polymer...

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Main Authors: Mengxue Li, Lili Chen, Yiran Li, Xiaobin Dai, Zhekai Jin, Yucheng Zhang, Wenwen Feng, Li-Tang Yan, Yi Cao, Chao Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30021-3