Stimuli Responsive Materials - Stephen Craig, Duke University from material forces define Watch Video

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✓ Published: 26-Feb-2013

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Molecular Design of Stimuli Responsive PolymersnStephen Craig, Duke UniversitynnThe mechanical properties of polymers are the result of entanglements¬¬––physical interactions between individual polymer molecules that allow mechanical forces to be transmitted from one molecule to the next. Polymeric materials, therefore, become stimulus-responsive when the entanglements that define them are stimulus-responsive. Typically, however, those entanglements are set by the effectively permanent che