Increasing the maximum achievable strain of a covalent polymer gel through the addition of mechanically invisible cross-links.
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Kean, ZS; Hawk, JL; Lin, S; Zhao, X; Sijbesma, RP; Craig, SL
Published in: Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
September 2014
Hydrogels and organogels made from polymer networks are widely used in biomedical applications and soft, active devices for which the ability to sustain large deformations is required. The strain at which polymer networks fracture is typically improved through the addition of elements that dissipate energy, but these materials require extra work to achieve a given, desired level of deformation. Here, the addition of mechanically "invisible" supramolecular crosslinks causes substantial increases in the ultimate gel properties without incurring the added energetic costs of dissipation.
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Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
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1521-4095
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0935-9648
Publication Date
September 2014
Volume
26
Issue
34
Start / End Page
6013 / 6018
Related Subject Headings
- Stress, Mechanical
- Polymers
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Materials Testing
- Hydrogels
- Elasticity
- 51 Physical sciences
- 40 Engineering
- 34 Chemical sciences
- 09 Engineering
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Kean, Z. S., Hawk, J. L., Lin, S., Zhao, X., Sijbesma, R. P., & Craig, S. L. (2014). Increasing the maximum achievable strain of a covalent polymer gel through the addition of mechanically invisible cross-links. Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 26(34), 6013–6018. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201401570
Kean, Zachary S., Jennifer L. Hawk, Shaoting Lin, Xuanhe Zhao, Rint P. Sijbesma, and Stephen L. Craig. “Increasing the maximum achievable strain of a covalent polymer gel through the addition of mechanically invisible cross-links.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 26, no. 34 (September 2014): 6013–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201401570.
Kean ZS, Hawk JL, Lin S, Zhao X, Sijbesma RP, Craig SL. Increasing the maximum achievable strain of a covalent polymer gel through the addition of mechanically invisible cross-links. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla). 2014 Sep;26(34):6013–8.
Kean, Zachary S., et al. “Increasing the maximum achievable strain of a covalent polymer gel through the addition of mechanically invisible cross-links.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), vol. 26, no. 34, Sept. 2014, pp. 6013–18. Epmc, doi:10.1002/adma.201401570.
Kean ZS, Hawk JL, Lin S, Zhao X, Sijbesma RP, Craig SL. Increasing the maximum achievable strain of a covalent polymer gel through the addition of mechanically invisible cross-links. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla). 2014 Sep;26(34):6013–6018.
Published In
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
DOI
EISSN
1521-4095
ISSN
0935-9648
Publication Date
September 2014
Volume
26
Issue
34
Start / End Page
6013 / 6018
Related Subject Headings
- Stress, Mechanical
- Polymers
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Materials Testing
- Hydrogels
- Elasticity
- 51 Physical sciences
- 40 Engineering
- 34 Chemical sciences
- 09 Engineering