Molecular anisotropy and rearrangement as mechanisms of toughness and extensibility in entangled physical gels

Dynamic networks formed by physically crosslinked, entangled polymers have emerged as self-healing, stretchable, and functional materials. Entangled associative gels with remarkable toughness and extensibility have been produced by several distinct chemical approaches, suggesting that these enhanced...

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Main Authors: Edwards, Chelsea E. R., Mai, Danielle J., Tang, Shengchang, Olsen, Bradley D
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society (APS) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125412