Design and mechanical properties of supramolecular polymeric materials based on host–guest interactions: the relation between relaxation time and fracture energy

Subaru Konishi, Yu Kashiwagi, Go Watanabe, Motofumi Osaki, Takuya Katashima, Osamu Urakawa, Tadashi Inoue, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi, Akira Harada, Yoshinori Takashima

Polymer Chemistry · 2020 · 22 citations · 81 references

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Abstract

The viscoelastic behaviour of the reversible cross-linking points, which could be tuned by the relaxation time and the tensile rate, improved the fracture energy of the supramolecular hydrogels.

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