A conundrum has long stumped polymer scientists: Elastic polymers can be stiff, or they can be tough, but they can't be both. This stiffness-toughness conflict is a challenge for scientists developing ...
BOSTON—Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an elastomer that is stiff and tough and can resist tearing under repeated ...
Polymer science has made possible rubber tires, Teflon and Kevlar, plastic water bottles, nylon jackets among many other ubiquitous features of daily life. Elastic polymers, known as elastomers, can ...
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