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SUBMITTER: Barney CW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851482 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barney Christopher W CW Ye Ziyu Z Sacligil Ipek I McLeod Kelly R KR Zhang Han H Tew Gregory N GN Riggleman Robert A RA Crosby Alfred J AJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20220201 7
Advances in polymer chemistry over the last decade have enabled the synthesis of molecularly precise polymer networks that exhibit homogeneous structure. These precise polymer gels create the opportunity to establish true multiscale, molecular to macroscopic, relationships that define their elastic and failure properties. In this work, a theory of network fracture that accounts for loop defects is developed by drawing on recent advances in network elasticity. This loop-modified Lake-Thomas theor ...[more]