From Chemical Bond Forces and Breakage to Macroscopic Fracture of Soft Materials

Publications

Thesis dissertations (4)

Quantitative mapping of stress in soft materials by mechanochemistry

Author(s): Yinjun Chen
Published in: 2018
Publisher: PSL University

Quantitative detection of damage in soft materials using mechano-fluorescence

Author(s): Juliette Slootman
Published in: 2019
Publisher: PSL University

Fracture of dual-crosslink dynamic hydrogels : from molecular interactions to fracture energy

Author(s): Louis Debertrand
Published in: 2020
Publisher: PSL University

Design of novel soft materials and understanding how soft networks break using mechano-fluorescence

Author(s): Victoria Waltz
Published in: 2021
Publisher: PSL University

Peer reviewed articles (16)

3D fluorescent mapping of invisible molecular damage after cavitation in hydrogen exposed elastomers

Author(s): Xavier P. Morelle, Gabriel E. Sanoja, Sylvie Castagnet, Costantino Creton
Published in: Soft Matter, 17/16, 2021, Page(s) 4266-4274, ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1sm00325a

Swelling and Mechanical Properties of Polyacrylamide-Derivative Dual-Crosslink Hydrogels Having Metal–Ligand Coordination Bonds as Transient Crosslinks

Author(s): Louis Debertrand, Jingwen Zhao, Costantino Creton, Tetsuharu Narita
Published in: Gels, 2021, ISSN 2310-2861
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/gels7020072

Evolution of the Nanostructure and Viscoelastic Properties of Nitrile Rubber upon Mechanical Rejuvenation and Physical Aging

Author(s): Valentine Hervio, Bruno Bresson, Annie Brûlet, Ingrid J. Paredes, Ayaskanta Sahu, Valérie Briand, Costantino Creton, Gabriel E. Sanoja
Published in: Macromolecules, 54/6, 2021, Page(s) 2828-2834, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00054

Cyclic fatigue failure of TPU using a crack propagation approach

Author(s): Giorgia Scetta, Nathan Selles, Patrick Heuillet, Matteo Ciccotti, Costantino Creton
Published in: Polymer Testing, 97, 2021, Page(s) 107140, ISSN 0142-9418
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2021.107140

Effect of mesoscale phase contrast on fatigue-delaying behavior of self-healing hydrogels

Author(s): Xueyu Li, Kunpeng Cui, Takayuki Kurokawa, Ya Nan Ye, Tao Lin Sun, Chengtao Yu, Costantino Creton, Jian Ping Gong
Published in: Science Advances, 7/16, 2021, Page(s) eabe8210, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8210

Self-Organization at the Crack Tip of Fatigue-Resistant Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers

Author(s): Giorgia Scetta, Eric Euchler, Jianzhu Ju, Nathan Selles, Patrick Heuillet, Matteo Ciccotti, Costantino Creton
Published in: Macromolecules, 54/6, 2021, Page(s) 8726−8737, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00934

50th Anniversary Perspective: Networks and Gels: Soft but Dynamic and Tough

Author(s): Costantino Creton
Published in: Macromolecules, 50/21, 2017, Page(s) 8297-8316, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01698

Mechanics of elastomeric molecular composites

Author(s): Pierre Millereau, Etienne Ducrot, Jess M. Clough, Meredith E. Wiseman, Hugh R. Brown, Rint P. Sijbesma, Costantino Creton
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115/37, 2018, Page(s) 9110-9115, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1807750115

From force-responsive molecules to quantifying and mapping stresses in soft materials

Author(s): Yinjun Chen, C. Joshua Yeh, Yuan Qi, Rong Long, Costantino Creton
Published in: Science Advances, 6/20, 2020, Page(s) eaaz5093, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz5093

Mechanochromism and optical remodeling of multi-network elastomers containing anthracene dimers

Author(s): Huan Zhang, Dezhi Zeng, Yifei Pan, Yinjun Chen, Yonghong Ruan, Yuanze Xu, Roman Boulatov, Costantino Creton, Wengui Weng
Published in: Chemical Science, 10/36, 2019, Page(s) 8367-8373, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02580d

Fast reversible isomerization of merocyanine as a tool to quantify stress history in elastomers

Author(s): Yinjun Chen, C. Joshua Yeh, Qiang Guo, Yuan Qi, Rong Long, Costantino Creton
Published in: Chemical Science, 2021, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06157c

Why is mechanical fatigue different from toughness in elastomers? The role of damage by polymer chain scission

Author(s): Gabriel E. Sanoja, Xavier P. Morelle, Jean Comtet, C. Joshua Yeh, Matteo Ciccotti, Costantino Creton
Published in: Science Advances, 7/16, 2021, Page(s) eabg9410, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg9410

Quantifying Rate- and Temperature-Dependent Molecular Damage in Elastomer Fracture

Author(s): Juliette Slootman, Victoria Waltz, C. Joshua Yeh, Christoph Baumann, Robert Göstl, Jean Comtet, Costantino Creton
Published in: Physical Review X, 10/4, 2020, ISSN 2160-3308
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.10.041045

Strain induced strengthening of soft thermoplastic polyurethanes under cyclic deformation

Author(s): Giorgia Scetta, Jianzhu Ju, Nathan Selles, Patrick Heuillet, Matteo Ciccotti, Costantino Creton
Published in: Journal of Polymer Science, 59/8, 2021, Page(s) 685-696, ISSN 2642-4169
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210060

A molecular interpretation of the toughness of multiple network elastomers at high temperature

Author(s): Juliette Slootman , C. Joshua Yeh , Pierre Millereau , Jean Comtet, Costantino Creton
Published in: PNAS, 115/37, 2022, Page(s) e211612711, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116127119

Mechanochemical tools for polymer materials

Author(s): Yinjun Chen, Gaëlle Mellot, Diederik van Luijk, Costantino Creton, Rint P. Sijbesma
Published in: Chemical Society Reviews, 50/6, 2021, Page(s) 4100-4140, ISSN 0306-0012
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00940g