Kaiqiang Zhang

Hierarchical Energy-Dissipating Networks: An Interaction-Level Design Principle for Tough, Stable, and Sustainable Elastomers and Ionogels.

Elastomeric materials are used where few other polymeric materials can operate: in components that must deform repeatedly, recover rapidly, and continue to bear load under mechanical or environmental stress. Yet the molecular features that give elastomeric materials high performance often work against sustainability. T...