Control of hierarchical polymer mechanics with bioinspired metal-coordination dynamics

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1210-1216

  Grindy, Scott C ^a   Learsch, Robert ^a   Mozhdehi, Davoud ^b   Cheng, Jing ^c,d   Barrett, Devin G ^c   Guan, Zhibin ^b   Messersmith, Phillip B ^c,d   Holten Andersen, Niels ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; LIGANDS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VISCOELASTICITY;

CONVENTIONAL POLYMERS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) HYDROGEL; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

DYNAMICS;

HYDROGEL; METAL; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; HYDROGEL; VISCOSITY;

ELASTICITY; HYDROGELS; METALS; POLYMERS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84947865947     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4401     Document Type: Article

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