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Strain-stiffening

Strain-Stiffening is a mechanical behavior exhibited by certain soft biological tissues and polymeric materials wherein the material's stiffness increases nonlinearly with applied strain, distinguishing it from linearly elastic or strain-softening materials.

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Strain Stiffening

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Skin-like mechanoresponsive self-healing ionic elastomer from supramolecular zwitterionic network

Wei Zhang, Baohu Wu, Shengtong Sun et al. · Nature Communications · 2021 · 524 citations · Full text

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Alternative Explanation of Stiffening in Cross-Linked Semiflexible Networks

Patrick R. Onck, T. Koeman, T. van Dillen et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2005 · 444 citations · Full text

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Extending the travel range of analog-tuned electrostatic actuators

E.S. Hung, S.D. Senturia · Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems · 1999 · 443 citations

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How the Cucumber Tendril Coils and Overwinds

Sharon J. Gerbode, Joshua R. Puzey, Andrew Mccormick et al. · Science · 2012 · 393 citations

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Strength of Plate Girders in Shear

Konrad Basler · Journal of the Structural Division · 1961 · 387 citations

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Authors

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  1. FC
    F. C. MacKintosh

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. CO
    Cornelius O. Horgan

    University of Virginia, United States

    5 publications · 293 citations

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  3. CC
    Changfeng Chen

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States

    4 publications · 463 citations

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  4. AK
    Atul Kumar Sharma

    Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India

    3 publications · 85 citations

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  5. PA
    Paul A. Janmey

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    4 publications · 793 citations

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Institutions

422

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    12 h-index

    29 publications

    4.4K citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    3K citations

  3. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    445 citations

  4. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    7 h-index

    34 publications

    2.5K citations

  6. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    753 citations

  7. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    528 citations

  8. Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

    Galway, Ireland

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    811 citations

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  1. Soft Matter

    12 publications · 621 citations

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 9 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

    8 publications · 604 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    7 publications · 696 citations

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  5. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

    6 publications · 202 citations

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