Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Arresting Microphase Separation Encodes Material Mechanics by Sculpting Microarchitectures and Local Polymer Enrichment.
Castro Johnbosco, Floris Dalenoord, Jarno Hiemstra, Yu Na, Alexis Wolfel, Cécile Bosmans, Christine Gering, Niels Willemen, Su Ryon Shin, Jeroen Leijten
Published: 202510.1002/adma.202512578
Abstract
Mechanical properties are central to material functionality. Although aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) can generate microarchitectures in soft materials such as hydrogels, their influence on mechanics, particularly toughness and energy dissipation, r…
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