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ArticleNano letters2024

Well-Ordered Bicontinuous Nanohybrids from a Bottom-Up Approach for Enhanced Strength and Toughness.

Hassan Sadek, Suhail K Siddique, Chien Chen, Rong-Ming Ho

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Article in Nano letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Metamaterials from Plasma-Treated Block Copolymer Monolith.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hassan SadekDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-3027-0899
Suhail K SiddiqueDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
Chien ChenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
Rong-Ming HoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-2429-7617

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomimicking natural structures to create structural materials with superior mechanical performance is an area of extensive attention, yet achieving both high strength and toughness remains challenging. This study presents a novel bottom-up approach using self-assembled block copolymer templating to synthesize bicontinuous nanohybrids composed of well-ordered nanonetwork hydroxyapatite (HAp) embedded in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). This structuring transforms intrinsically brittle HAp into a ductile material, while hybridization with PMMA alleviates the strength reduction caused by porosity. The resultant bicontinuous PMMA/HAp nanohybrids, reinforced at the interface, exhibit high strength and toughness due to the combined effects of topology, nanosize, and hybridization. This work suggests a conceptual framework for fabricating flexible thin films with mechanical properties significantly surpassing those of traditional composites and top-down approaches.

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bicontinuous nanohybridsblock copolymerhybridization effectmechanical metamaterialsnanosize effecttemplated synthesiswell-ordered nanostructure

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PMID39193990
PMCPMC11378333

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