Surprise! Weaker bonds can make polymers stronger - By addin

Surprise! Weaker bonds can make polymers stronger - By adding weak linkers to a polymer network, chemists dramatically enhanced the material's resistance to tearing

A team of chemists from MIT and Duke University has discovered a counterintuitive way to make polymers stronger: introduce a few weaker bonds into the material.
Working with a type of polymer kno ...

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