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Geometrically Controlled Mechanically Responsive Polyelectrolyte Tube Arrays
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Geometrically Controlled Mechanically Responsive Polyelectrolyte Tube Arrays

Lin Han, Lifeng Wang, Khek-Khiang Chia, Robert E. Cohen, Michael F. Rubner, Mary C. Boyce and Christine Ortiz
Advanced materials (Weinheim), v 23(40), pp 4667-4673
25 Oct 2011
PMID: 21919084

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Chemistry Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Chemistry, Physical Materials Science Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Science & Technology Science & Technology - Other Topics Technology
Mechanically responsive, or "mechanomutable", polyelectrolyte tube arrays are fabricated and studied using atomic force microscopy-based nanoindentation and microstructurally specific finite element analysis simulations. Mechanical responsiveness is controlled through the coupling of pH-dependent "inherent" molecular-level material properties to anisotropic microscale geometry. A unique geometrically controlled transition is discovered that amplifies mechanical responsiveness due to a change in deformation mechanisms.

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