Strain-induced multiscale structural evolutions of crystallized polymers: From fundamental studies to recent progresses

S Xu, J Zhou, P Pan - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Semicrystalline polymers products usually adopt a crystallized form in their end-use
environment. These crystallized polymers undergo various deformations under different …

High energy density shape memory polymers using strain-induced supramolecular nanostructures

CB Cooper, S Nikzad, H Yan, Y Ochiai, JC Lai… - ACS Central …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Shape memory polymers are promising materials in many emerging applications due to
their large extensibility and excellent shape recovery. However, practical application of …

Connecting the mechanical and conductive properties of conjugated polymers

R **e, RH Colby, ED Gomez - Advanced Electronic Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Both the mechanical deformability and electronic conductivity of conjugated polymers play
important roles in the development of wearable and stretchable electronics. Despite the …

Molecular Origin of Strain‐Induced Chain Alignment in PDPP‐Based Semiconducting Polymeric Thin Films

S Zhang, A Alesadi, GT Mason, KL Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Donor–acceptor (D–A) type semiconducting polymers have shown great potential
for the application of deformable and stretchable electronics in recent decades. However …

Advances in sample environments for neutron scattering for colloid and interface science

AP Le Brun, EP Gilbert - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Sample environments are an essential and integral inclusion to all neutron scattering
experiments. This review describes recent advances in such devices across the full …

Critical strains for lamellae deformation and cavitation during uniaxial stretching of annealed isotactic polypropylene

B Chang, K Schneider, F **ang, R Vogel, S Roth… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The lamellae deformation and cavitation behavior of annealed isotactic polypropylene
during uniaxial stretching are comprehensively investigated by in situ synchrotron small …

[HTML][HTML] Current progresses of small-angle neutron scattering on soft-matters investigation

D Liu, K Song, W Chen, J Chen, G Sun, L Li - Nuclear Analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
A review of the recent works on soft-matters based on small-angle neutron scattering
(SANS) is presented. This Review is intended to be a relatively comprehensive source for …

Coupling effect of mechanical and thermal rejuvenation for polystyrene: toward high performance of stiffness, ductility, and transparency

Y Zeng, YT Xu, J Zhang, L Xu, X Ji, H Lin… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The challenge of hitherto elaborating a workable approach to overcome the conflicts
between stiffness, ductility, and transparency of polystyrene (PS) still remains among …

Direct observation of the effect of a high-molecular-weight component on the deformation behavior of polyethylene solids using the rheo-raman spectroscopic …

T Kida, R Tanaka, T Shiono, M Yamaguchi - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
We investigated the effects of molecular components of different molecular weights on the
tensile properties of polyethylene (PE) by measuring the microscopic deformation of …

Unfolding of a single polymer chain from the single crystal by air-phase single-molecule force spectroscopy: Toward better force precision and more accurate …

P Yang, Y Song, W Feng, W Zhang - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
Understanding the mechanisms of the mechanical deformation of lamellar crystals at the
molecular level is of prime importance to rational design of advanced crystalline polymer …