High strength in combination with high toughness in robust and sustainable polymeric materials

Quantifying Polymer Chain Orientation in Strong and Tough Nanofibers with Low Crystallinity: Toward Next Generation Nanostructured Superfibers

(2019) Dimitry Papkov et al.   ACS Nano

Multiscale Control of Nanocellulose Assembly: Transferring Remarkable Nanoscale Fibril Mechanics to Macroscale Fibers

(2018) Nitesh Mittal et al.   ACS Nano

Non-intertwined graphitic domains in nanoscale leads to super strong and tough continuous 1D nanostructures

(2018) Jizhe Cai et al.   CARBON

Ultrafine high performance polyethylene fibers

(2017) Jay H. Park et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

In situ twisting for stabilizing and toughening conductive graphene yarns

(2017) Xi Xiang et al.   Nanoscale

Ultrastiff and Strong Graphene Fibers via Full-Scale Synergetic Defect Engineering

(2016) Zhen Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Experimental and numerical study of multi-scale tensile behaviors of Kevlar® 49 fabric

(2016) Deju Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Strain Rate and Temperature Effects on the Dynamic Tensile Behaviors of Basalt Fiber Bundles and Reinforced Polymer Composite

(2016) Yunfu Ou et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

Electrospun polyimide nanofibers and their applications

(2016) Yichun Ding et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

High-Performance Coils and Yarns of Polymeric Piezoelectric Nanofibers

(2015) Mahmoud Baniasadi et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Identifying the Crystalline Orientation of Black Phosphorus Using Angle-Resolved Polarized Raman Spectroscopy

(2015) Juanxia Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Brittle intermetallic compound makes ultrastrong low-density steel with large ductility

(2015) Sang-Heon Kim et al.   NATURE

Anomalous scaling law of strength and toughness of cellulose nanopaper

(2015) Hongli Zhu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Simultaneously Strong and Tough Ultrafine Continuous Nanofibers

(2013) Dimitry Papkov et al.   ACS Nano

Ultrastrong Fibers Assembled from Giant Graphene Oxide Sheets

(2012) Zhen Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effect of Jet Swell and Jet Stretch on the Structure of Wet-Spun Polyacrylonitrile Fiber

(2012) Qin Ouyang et al.   Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B-Physics

Mechanical properties of electrospun PMMA micro-yarns: Effects of NaCl mediation and yarn twist

(2012) Xiaomeng Sui et al.   POLYMER

Synergistic toughening of composite fibres by self-alignment of reduced graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes

(2012) Min Kyoon Shin et al.   Nature Communications

Post spinning and pyrolysis processes of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fiber and activated carbon fiber: A review

(2011) N. Yusof et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

A damage-tolerant glass

(2011) Marios D. Demetriou et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The conflicts between strength and toughness

(2011) Robert O. Ritchie   NATURE MATERIALS

A Multiscale Study of High Performance Double-Walled Nanotube−Polymer Fibers

(2010) Mohammad Naraghi et al.   ACS Nano

Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins for Applications in Biomaterials

(2010) Kristina Spiess et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

High-Strength, High-Toughness Composite Fibers by Swelling Kevlar in Nanotube Suspensions

(2009) Ian O'Connor et al.   Small

Designing metallic glass matrix composites with high toughness and tensile ductility

(2008) Douglas C. Hofmann et al.   NATURE