Designing toughness and strength for soft materials

Soft materials, such as hydrogels, elastomers, and plastics, are pervasive in nature and society. For example, except for teeth, nails, and bones, all other components of the human body are hydrogels, and we eat, wear, and use soft materials as foods, clothes, shoes, and car tires, just to name a fe...

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Main Author: Zhao, Xuanhe (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2018-04-17T15:33:34Z.
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