Unexpected Ductility in Semiflexible Polymer Glasses with Entanglement Length Equal to Their Kuhn Length.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.127801
Abstract: Semiflexible polymer glasses (SPGs), including those formed by the recently synthesized semiflexible conjugated polymers, are expected to be brittle because classical formulas for their craze extension ratio λ_{craze} and fracture stretch λ_{frac} predict that systems… read more here.
Keywords: ductility semiflexible; polymer glasses; unexpected ductility; semiflexible polymer ... See more keywords
Vesicle Geometries Enabled by Semiflexible Polymer
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DOI: 10.3390/polym14040757
Abstract: Understanding and controlling vesicle shapes is fundamental challenge in biophysics and materials design. In this paper, we employ the Monte Carlo method to investigate the shape of soft vesicle induced by semiflexible polymer outside in… read more here.
Keywords: shape; semiflexible polymer; geometries enabled; vesicle geometries ... See more keywords