Thermally Switching On/Off the Hardening of Soaked Nanocomposite Materials

The area of smart materials is a hot topic as it allows access to adaptive/responsive materials with self-healing, shape memory, or actuation behavior. Indeed, scientists can make all manner of materials on-scale with controllable and remarkable properties, but designing materials with mechanical ad...

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Autores: Pérez Madrigal, Maria del Mar|||0000-0002-2498-8485, O'Reilly, Rachel K.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/386830
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/386830
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.7b00307
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Nanocomposites (Materials)
Anatomy
Materials
Nanocomposites
Nanofibers
Polymers
Nanocompòsits (Materials)
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials::Materials compostos
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Sumario:The area of smart materials is a hot topic as it allows access to adaptive/responsive materials with self-healing, shape memory, or actuation behavior. Indeed, scientists can make all manner of materials on-scale with controllable and remarkable properties, but designing materials with mechanical adaptability is much more challenging. Although the sea cucumber might seem like an unlikely source of scientific creativity, Rowan, Maia, and co-workers have taken inspiration from this remarkable creature in their recent ACS Central Science paper.