Polymer networks are complex systems consisting of molecular components. Whereas the
properties of the individual components are typically well understood by most chemists …

Mechanically interlocked polymers (MIPs), such as polyrotaxanes and polycatenanes, are
polymer architectures that incorporate a mechanical bond. In a polyrotaxane, the …

Historically, the interlacing of strands at the molecular level has mainly been limited to
coordination polymers and DNA. Despite being proposed on a number of occasions, the …

Physical properties of polymers handbook Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook Second
Edition James E. Mark Editor Page 2 Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook Second Edition …

In the past decade, the development of theory has deeply revealed the electromechanical
coupling deformation mechanism of dielectric elastomer (DE). Many theoretical predictions …

Providing an updated and comprehensive account of the properties of solid polymers, the
book covers all aspects of mechanical behaviour. This includes finite elastic behavior, linear …

Chemical composition and architecture are two key factors that control the physical and
material properties of polymers. Some of the more unusual and intriguing polymer …

A classic text in the field of chemical engineering, this revised sixth edition offers a
comprehensive exploration of polymers at a level geared toward upper-level …

Nonlinear finite element analysis is widely used for structural optimization of the design and
the reliability analysis of complex elastomeric components. However, high-precision …

We develop and solve a new molecular model for nonlinear elasticity of entangled polymer
networks. This model combines and generalizes several succeseful ideas introduced over …