Imagine stretching a rubber band as hard as you can without breaking it. A research team led by Prof.XIE Taoand WU Jingjun from Zhejiang University’s College of Chemical and Biological Engineering has 3D-printed a “super rubber band” capable of stretching to nine times its original length. Remarkably, this tiny band, only about 1 mm in diameter, can lift a 10 kg bag of rice, far outperforming other elastomers produced through 3D photo-curing.Fig.1: Photographic image of th...
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