In a drive to increase Li-ion battery energy density, as well as support faster charge
discharge speeds, electronic conductivity networks require increasingly efficient transport …

The addition of nanoparticles (NPs) to a polymer matrix, forming a polymer nanocomposite
(PNC), is known to alter the microscopic dynamic processes of both species which leads to …

Biological organic-inorganic materials remain a popular source of inspiration for bioinspired
materials design and engineering. Inspired by the self-assembling metal-reinforced mussel …

The incorporation of carbon black (CB) in natural rubber (NR) enhances the Payne effect
while the mechanism has not been clearly clarified so far. Herein the Payne effect of CB …

Arrested soft materials such as gels and glasses exhibit a slow stress relaxation with a broad
distribution of relaxation times in response to linear mechanical perturbations. Although this …

The more widespread applicability of photopolymerization-based three-dimensional (3D)
printing is limited by the availability of light-curable resins, most of which are based on fossil …

Aiming to unveil the correlation among formula, hierarchical structure, and performance of
silica filled silicone rubber foams (SRFs), mechanical and structural investigations are …

ZnO is a worldwide used activator for a rubber vulcanization process, which promotes fast
curing kinetics and high cross-linking densities of rubber nanocomposites (NCs). However …

With the advent of the materials genome initiative (MGI) in the United States and a similar
focus on materials data around the world, a number of materials data resources and …

Agglomeration and linking of nanoparticles or aggregates lead to the formation of percolated
particle networks and alter the mechanical enhancement in polymer nanocomposites …