Polyurethane elastomers with amphiphilic ABA tri-block co-polymers as the soft segments showing record-high tensile strength and simultaneously increased ductility
Jun Ma, Baixue Deng, Yanbin Fan, Xiayun Huang, Daoyong Chen, Yan Ma, Hongyu Chen, Adam L. Grzesiak, Shaoguang Feng
Abstract
Polyurethane elastomers with amphiphilic ABA tri-block co-polymers as the soft segments robustly show record-high tensile strength and simultaneously increased ductility via producing small and uniform hard domains.
Topics & Concepts
Ductility (Earth science)Ultimate tensile strengthMaterials scienceElastomerPolyurethaneComposite materialPolymerAmphiphileBlock (permutation group theory)Thermoplastic elastomerPolymer scienceCopolymerMathematicsCreepGeometryPolymer composites and self-healingAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications