A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 618-624

  Li, Cheng Hui ^a,b   Wang, Chao ^a,c   Keplinger, Christoph ^d,e   Zuo, Jing Lin ^b   Jin, Lihua ^a   Sun, Yang ^f   Zheng, Peng ^b   Cao, Yi ^f   Lissel, Franziska ^a   Linder, Christian ^a   You, Xiao Zeng ^b   Bao, Zhenan ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84971280591     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2492     Document Type: Article

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