This talk will discuss the design principles for imbuing conducting polymers with unprecedented mechanical characteristics. They include self-regulating toughness that scales with the rate of deformation, and the ability to transform between soft and hard states on cue. The combination of dynamic bonding and microstructure control across multiple length scales is responsible for the new mechanical properties in these old materials.

Mechanically adaptive and transformative conducting polymers

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