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Cross-linked polymer is both stiff and stretchy

06 Jan 2025 Isabelle Dumé
Baiqiang Huang and Liheng Cai
Baiqiang Huang (left), a PhD student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia, with UVA assistant professor Liheng Cai. Courtesy: Matt Cosner, University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
A new foldable “bottlebrush” polymer network is both stiff and stretchy – two properties that

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Isabelle Dumé is a contributing editor to Physics World
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