Fig. 5: Microscopic mechanical motion of [2]rotaxane moiety in MIN. | Nature Communications

Fig. 5: Microscopic mechanical motion of [2]rotaxane moiety in MIN.

From: Amplification of integrated microscopic motions of high-density [2]rotaxanes in mechanically interlocked networks

Fig. 5

a The test schematic of consecutive stress relaxation for exploring the possible sliding behaviors of [2]rotaxane units in MINs by a rheometer. b The normalized average plateau modulus (G0N) of MIN-4 and control as a function of shear strain. c–d Consecutive stress relaxation from SR-1 to SR-5 of MIN-4 with the defined strains of (c) 7% and (d) 20%, respectively. e The relaxation time (τ) of MIN-4 as a function of shear strains based on SR-3, SR-4 and SR-5. f CoGEF potential as a function of stretched distance for a [2]rotaxane moiety (bottom), and corresponding schematic representation and CoGEF structures of the sliding behaviors (top).

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