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'Soft crosslinking' strategy makes brittle, glassy plastics tougher

'Soft crosslinking' strategy makes brittle, glassy plastics tougherWorldPing

Glassy polymers are those whose chains become immobilized below their glass transition temperature. The immobilized chains make them hard and stiff but also brittle, causing them to fracture when stretched.

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