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SUBMITTER: Zhou H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3511143 | biostudies-other | 2012 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zhou Huaxing H Woo Jiyeon J Cok Alexandra M AM Wang Muzhou M Olsen Bradley D BD Johnson Jeremiah A JA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20121106 47
Much of our fundamental knowledge related to polymer networks is built on an assumption of ideal end-linked network structure. Real networks invariably possess topological imperfections that negatively affect mechanical properties; modifications of classical network theories have been developed to account for these defects. Despite decades of effort, there are no known experimental protocols for precise quantification of even the simplest topological network imperfections: primary loops. Here we ...[more]