Semicrystalline polymers products usually adopt a crystallized form in their end-use
environment. These crystallized polymers undergo various deformations under different …

Soft materials are materials with a low shear modulus relative to their bulk modulus and
where elastic restoring forces are mainly of entropic origin. A sparse population of strong …

Soft polymer networks have seen an explosion of recent developments motivated by new
high tech applications in the biomedical field or in engineering. We present a candid and …

Stretchable conductors are essential components in next-generation deformable and
wearable electronic devices. The ability of stretchable conductors to achieve sufficient …

Strain‐induced light emission from mechanoluminescent cross‐linkers in silica‐filled poly
(dimethylsiloxane) demonstrates that covalent bond scission contributes significantly to …

The use of hydrogen as a fuel is increasing exponentially, and the most economical way to
store and transport hydrogen for fuel use is as a high-pressure gas. Polymers are widely …

For polylactide (PLA) toughening modification by rubbery materials, the toughness generally
improved at the expense of lowered mechanical strength even after interfacial …

We study the mechanical activation of spiropyran (SP) in a doubly cross-linked polyurethane
elastomer. Besides chemical cross-linking, the elastomer comprises polytetrahydrofuran as …

Epoxy resins, which possess a three-dimensional network obtained by a curing reaction
between epoxy and amine compounds, are in a glassy state at room temperature. They are …

For a long time, it has been difficult to reach a consensus on the physical origin of the
“Mullins effect” because of the limited capabilities for visualizing microscopic structures. This …