Zi Wang

TL;DR: A new representation system that is capable of handling the stochastic nature of polymers and based on the popular “simplified molecular-input line-entry system” (SMILES) is proposed, and it aims to provide representations that can be used as indexing identifiers for entries in polymer databases.

TL;DR: A critical overview of the current characterization techniques available to understand the relation between the molecular properties and the resulting performance and behavior of polymer networks, in the absence of added fillers, can be found in this paper.

TL;DR: DFT calculations provide insights into the origins of ferrocene's mechanical lability by revealing that the Fe-Cp bond is similar in strength to the carbon-nitrogen bond of an azobisdialkylnitrile (bond dissociation energy < -0 kcal/mol).

TL;DR: In this paper, the utility and lifetime of materials made from polymer networks, including hydrogels, depend on their capacity to stretch and resist tearing, and those mechanical properties ar...

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used single-molecule force spectroscopy to show that the mechanical reactivities of a series of ferrocenophanes are not correlated with ring strain in the reactants, but with the extent of rotational alignment of their two cyclopentadienyl ligands.