Biomimetic Materials with Multiple Protective Functionalities

Room-Temperature Self-Healing and Recyclable Tough Polymer Composites Using Nitrogen-Coordinated Boroxines

(2018) Chunyang Bao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

An Elastic Autonomous Self-Healing Capacitive Sensor Based on a Dynamic Dual Crosslinked Chemical System

(2018) Qiuhong Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An autonomously electrically self-healing liquid metal–elastomer composite for robust soft-matter robotics and electronics

(2018) Eric J. Markvicka et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Chameleon-like elastomers with molecularly encoded strain-adaptive stiffening and coloration

(2018) Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnosfaderani et al.   SCIENCE

A rigid and healable polymer cross-linked by weak but abundant Zn(II)-carboxylate interactions

(2018) Jian-Cheng Lai et al.   Nature Communications

Salt-Mediated Polyampholyte Hydrogels with High Mechanical Strength, Excellent Self-Healing Property, and Satisfactory Electrical Conductivity

(2018) Tangjie Long et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A facile dynamic crosslinked healable poly(oxime-urethane) elastomer with high elastic recovery and recyclability

(2018) Daihua Fu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Oxime-Based and Catalyst-Free Dynamic Covalent Polyurethanes

(2017) Wen-Xing Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Generalization of the sacrificial bond principle for gel and elastomer toughening

(2017) Tasuku Nakajima   POLYMER JOURNAL

Bioinspired Mechanical Gradients in Cellulose Nanofibril/Polymer Nanopapers

(2016) Baochun Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Superior Performance of Polyurethane Based on Natural Melanin Nanoparticles

(2016) Yang Wang et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Biomimetic Gradient Polymers with Enhanced Damping Capacities

(2016) Dong Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Future prospects of luminescent nanomaterial based security inks: from synthesis to anti-counterfeiting applications

(2016) Pawan Kumar et al.   Nanoscale

Polymers with autonomous life-cycle control

(2016) Jason F. Patrick et al.   NATURE

A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer

(2016) Cheng-Hui Li et al.   Nature Chemistry

Influences of fluorine on microphase separation in fluorinated polyurethanes

(2016) Xia Wang et al.   POLYMER

Biomimetic Carbon Nanotube Films with Gradient Structure and Locally Tunable Mechanical Property

(2015) Zhiqiang Lin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Structure-Properties Relationships in Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomer Nanocomposites: Interactions between Polymer Phases and Nanofillers

(2015) Sílvia M. Cruz et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

The Mechanical Role of Metal Ions in Biogenic Protein-Based Materials

(2014) Elena Degtyar et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Self-Healing Polymer Coatings Based on Crosslinked Metallosupramolecular Copolymers

(2013) Stefan Bode et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Structural Biological Materials: Critical Mechanics-Materials Connections

(2013) M. A. Meyers et al.   SCIENCE

The Stomatopod Dactyl Club: A Formidable Damage-Tolerant Biological Hammer

(2012) J. C. Weaver et al.   SCIENCE

Stretchable heterogeneous composites with extreme mechanical gradients

(2012) Rafael Libanori et al.   Nature Communications

Strong Nanocomposite Reinforcement Effects in Polyurethane Elastomer with Low Volume Fraction of Cellulose Nanocrystals

(2011) Aihua Pei et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Toughness evaluation of hard coatings and thin films

(2011) Sam Zhang et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks

(2008) A. Miserez et al.   SCIENCE

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

(2007) Marc André Meyers et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE