Optically transparent, high-toughness elastomer using a polyrotaxane cross-linker as a molecular pulley

Does Plasticizer Penetrate Tightly Bound Polymer in Adsorbed Poly(vinyl acetate) on Silica?

(2017) Boonta Hetayothin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Movable Cross-Linked Polymeric Materials from Bulk Polymerization of Reactive Polyrotaxane Cross-Linker with Acrylate Monomers

(2017) Kohei Koyanagi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mimicking biological stress–strain behaviour with synthetic elastomers

(2017) Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnosfaderani et al.   NATURE

Generalization of the sacrificial bond principle for gel and elastomer toughening

(2017) Tasuku Nakajima   POLYMER JOURNAL

Toughening elastomers using mussel-inspired iron-catechol complexes

(2017) Emmanouela Filippidi et al.   SCIENCE

Highly elastic binders integrating polyrotaxanes for silicon microparticle anodes in lithium ion batteries

(2017) Sunghun Choi et al.   SCIENCE

Soft material for soft actuators

(2017) Aslan Miriyev et al.   Nature Communications

Unusual Fracture Behavior of Slide-Ring Gels with Movable Cross-Links

(2017) Chang Liu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Stretchable and waterproof elastomer-coated organic photovoltaics for washable electronic textile applications

(2017) Hiroaki Jinno et al.   Nature Energy

Instant tough bonding of hydrogels for soft machines and electronics

(2017) Daniela Wirthl et al.   Science Advances

Skin-inspired hydrogel–elastomer hybrids with robust interfaces and functional microstructures

(2016) Hyunwoo Yuk et al.   Nature Communications

Enhancing Mechanical Performance of a Covalent Self-Healing Material by Sacrificial Noncovalent Bonds

(2015) James A. Neal et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solvent-free, supersoft and superelastic bottlebrush melts and networks

(2015) William F. M. Daniel et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Synthesis of Vinylic Macromolecular Rotaxane Cross-Linkers Endowing Network Polymers with Toughness

(2015) Jun Sawada et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Toughening Elastomers with Sacrificial Bonds and Watching Them Break

(2014) E. Ducrot et al.   SCIENCE

Extremely stretchable thermosensitive hydrogels by introducing slide-ring polyrotaxane cross-linkers and ionic groups into the polymer network

(2014) Abu Bin Imran et al.   Nature Communications

25th Anniversary Article: The Evolution of Electronic Skin (E-Skin): A Brief History, Design Considerations, and Recent Progress

(2013) Mallory L. Hammock et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: A Soft Future: From Robots and Sensor Skin to Energy Harvesters

(2013) Siegfried Bauer et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Gel Prepared Using a Hydrophilic Polyrotaxane-Based Movable Cross-Linker

(2010) Abu Bin Imran et al.   MACROMOLECULES

High-water-content mouldable hydrogels by mixing clay and a dendritic molecular binder

(2010) Qigang Wang et al.   NATURE

Why are double network hydrogels so tough?

(2010) Jian Ping Gong   Soft Matter

Fabrication of mechanically improved hydrogels using a movable cross-linker based on vinyl modified polyrotaxane

(2008) Abu Bin Imran et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS