Polymers react to stress

  • Weder C
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Abstract

The latest polymers are chameleon-like: they change colour on deformation. The transduction mechanism underpinning this effect could be used to make polymers that respond in many other ways to mechanical stress.

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Weder, C. (2009). Polymers react to stress. Nature, 459(7243), 45–46. https://doi.org/10.1038/459045a

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