Topoarchitected polymer networks expand the space of material properties

Xiao Liu; Jingping Wu; Keke Qiao; Guohan Liu; Zhengjin Wang; Tongqing Lu; Zhigang Suo; Jian Hu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29245-0

Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Topoarchitected polymer networks expand the space of material properties

Xiao Liu,
Jingping Wu,
Keke Qiao,
Guohan Liu,
Zhengjin Wang,
Tongqing Lu,
Zhigang Suo,
Jian Hu

Affiliations

Xiao Liu: State Key Lab for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, International Center for Applied Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Jingping Wu: State Key Lab for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, International Center for Applied Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Keke Qiao: State Key Lab for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, International Center for Applied Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Guohan Liu: State Key Lab for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, International Center for Applied Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Zhengjin Wang: State Key Lab for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, International Center for Applied Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Tongqing Lu: State Key Lab for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, International Center for Applied Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Zhigang Suo: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard University
Jian Hu: State Key Lab for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, International Center for Applied Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Xi’an Jiaotong University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29245-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

Read online

Synthesizing architected materials with strong adhesion has been challenging. Here the authors fabricate architected polymer networks by sequential polymerization and photolithography, and attain adherent interface by topological entanglement.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

About the journal