A kirigami approach to engineering elasticity in nanocomposites through patterned defects

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Highly Stretchable or Transparent Conductor Fabrication by a Hierarchical Multiscale Hybrid Nanocomposite

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Making the Cut: LatticeKirigamiRules

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High-strength cellular ceramic composites with 3D microarchitecture

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Overcoming the brittleness of glass through bio-inspiration and micro-architecture

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Thermodynamic and Structural Insights into Nanocomposites Engineering by Comparing Two Materials Assembly Techniques for Graphene

(2013) Jian Zhu et al.   ACS Nano

Buckling-Induced Reversible Symmetry Breaking and Amplification of Chirality Using Supported Cellular Structures

(2013) Sung Hoon Kang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Charge Transport Dilemma of Solution-Processed Nanomaterials

(2013) Ji-Young Kim et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Stretchable nanoparticle conductors with self-organized conductive pathways

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Structural Biological Materials: Critical Mechanics-Materials Connections

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The weak interfaces within tough natural composites: Experiments on three types of nacre

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Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs

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Toughness amplification in natural composites

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Polymer-Embedded Carbon Nanotube Ribbons for Stretchable Conductors

(2010) Yingying Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly conductive, printable and stretchable composite films of carbon nanotubes and silver

(2010) Kyoung-Yong Chun et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Current issues in research on structure–property relationships in polymer nanocomposites

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Multiparameter Structural Optimization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites: Toward Record Strength, Stiffness, and Toughness

(2009) Bong Sup Shim et al.   ACS Nano

One-Step Nanoscale Assembly of Complex Structures via Harnessing of an Elastic Instability

(2008) Ying Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

A Rubberlike Stretchable Active Matrix Using Elastic Conductors

(2008) Tsuyoshi Sekitani et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular Scale Buckling Mechanics in Individual Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes on Elastomeric Substrates

(2007) Dahl-Young Khang et al.   NANO LETTERS