Direct correlation of single-molecule properties with bulk mechanical performance for the biomimetic design of polymers

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1055-1062

  Chung, Jaeyoon ^a   Kushner, Aaron M ^a   Weisman, Adam C ^a   Guan, Zhibin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; MOLECULES; POLYMERS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

BULK MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; DISSOCIATIVE PATHWAYS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY; SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-MOLECULE PROPERTIES;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS;

EID: 84922821772     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NMAT4090     Document Type: Article

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