Synergistic and visualized toughening of elastomers through mechanophore crosslinks and multiple networks
Integrating mechanophores into multiple-network elastomers enables 20-fold toughness enhancement and 37% activation and provides insights into the toughening mechanism via bond scission visualization.
Authors
- Zeyu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6343-0548)
- Zehao Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4513-9674)
- Yongming Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0623-8004)
- Junpeng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1607-6881)
- Ming-Chi Wang
Institutions
- University of Akron (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ta04890g
- Primary Topic
- Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
- Division of Materials Research
- Division of Chemistry