Untangling the mechanics of entanglements in slide-ring gels towards both super-deformability and toughness

• Main Authors: Xing, Ziyu, Shu, Dong Wei, Lu, Haibao, Fu, Yong-Qing
• 其他作者: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2022
• 主題: Engineering::Materials; Fracture-Behavior; Hydrogels
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163259

Entanglement plays a critical role in determining the dynamic properties of polymer systems, e.g., resulting in slip links and pulley effects for achieving large deformation and high strength. Although it has been studied for decades, the mechanics of entanglements for stiffness-toughness conflict i...