The mechanical properties of electrospun fibers play an important role in determining their
applications. Most of the reported literature measures the mechanical properties of …

Eco‐friendly and high‐performance thermoelectric materials that interconvert heat and
electricity based on the Seebeck effect and Peltier effect are urgently needed due to their …

Polymers are widely used in daily life, but exhibit low strength and low thermal conductivity
as compared to most structural materials. In this work, we develop crystalline polymer …

As Macromolecules celebrates its 50th anniversary, we reflect on the impact of polymer
chemistry and engineering on the advancement of synthetic polymer fibers. In this …

We report on the structure-thermal transport property relation of individual polyethylene
nanofibers fabricated by electrospinning with different deposition parameters. Measurement …

We have studied tensile deformations of semicrystalline polyethylene (PE) with molecular
dynamics simulations at two different strain rates and temperatures. Compared to earlier …

Polymers with superior mechanical properties are desirable in many applications. In this
work, polyethylene (PE) films reinforced with exfoliated thermally reduced graphene oxide …

The morphology of “bee” structures on the surface of bituminous asphalt binder was studied
by AFM microscopy to provide insight into their origin. Based on how the “bees” flattened …

Fabrication of polymer films with superb mechanical properties is far from mature compared
to that of fibers, hampering the further engineering applications of lightweight polymer …

Stiff, strong and tough ultrafine polyethylene fibers that rival the best high performance
fibers, but with diameters less than one micron, are fabricated for the first time by “gel …