2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Defect screening and load transfer in minimal hard-soft double networks
Fucheng Tian, Feixue Lu, Katsuhiko Sato +3
Double network (DN) materials exhibit anomalous strength and toughness that far exceed the sum of their constituents. While widely exploited, the fundamental physical mechanisms un…
cond-mat.soft2024
Entropy-Driven Preordering Assists Nucleation in Polyethylene
Renkuan Cao, Fan Peng, Yunhan Zhang +4
Non-classical two-step nucleation including preordering and crystal nucleation has been widely proposed to challenge the one-step nucleation framework in diverse materials, while w…