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    Electrothermally actuated artificial muscles from the silver-polyethylene-terephthalate core–shell structure

    Develo** compliant-artificial muscles for applications in soft robotics and flexible electronics is of practical importance. In this work, we construct Ag-PET (silver-polyethylene-terephthalate) twist-coiled...

    Yu-Lun Liu, Wen-Shin Lee, Fuqian Yang, Hao Ouyang in Journal of Polymer Research (2022)

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    Water-driven surface wrinkling of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) after ultraviolet irradiation

    Engineering surface structures/textures have opened new avenues for various applications in lab-on-chip, flexible electronics, photonics, and so forth. In this work, we demonstrate the possibility of water-dri...

    Yu-Fan Chuang, Mau-Kuo Wei, Fuqian Yang, Sanboh Lee in Journal of Polymer Research (2021)

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    Creep deformation of poly(methyl methacrylate)-multiwalled carbon nanotube composites

    Considering the long-term structural stability of polymer-nanotube composites under different service conditions, we investigate the tensile creep of polymer-nanotube composites consisting of poly(methyl metha...

    Man-Fang Chang, Fuqian Yang, Sanboh Lee in Journal of Polymer Research (2020)

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    Methanol-assisted crack healing in UV-irradiated poly(methyl methacrylate)

    The UV irradiation can cause structural degradation of polymer and limit the applications of polymer as structural materials. In this work, the effects of UV irradiation on the mass transport and crack healing...

    Han-Ren Hsu, Wenxin Cao, Fuqian Yang, Sanboh Lee in Journal of Polymer Research (2017)

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    Cracking and healing in poly(methyl methacrylate): effect of solvent

    In this work, the solvent-induced structural changes of PMMA (poly(methyl methacrylate)) are studied via desorpon of methanol in 2-ethylhexyl alcohol. The desorption of methanol from PMMA specimens causes the ...

    Yu-Fan Chuang, Hsien-Chun Wu, Fuqian Yang, Tsong-Jen Yang in Journal of Polymer Research (2016)