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A paper by Cynthia Bukowski*, Tianren Zhang, Robert A. Riggleman and Alfred J. Crosby* entitled "Load-Bearing Entanglements in Polymer Glasses" was recently published in the Science Advances.
How do entanglements impact thin film mechanics? How many entanglements are necessary for a strong film? This study uses experiments and simulations to explore these questions.