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  4. Lignin is a renewable feedstock that is abundant and inexpensive but still presents challenges for its valorization. In this work, we converted functionalized lignin into broad-spectrum adhesives using thiol–silyl ether crosslinkers. The curing behavior of adhesives was investigated via rheology of their resin forms. These materials exhibit good adhesion on diverse substrates, including wood, glass, steel, aluminium, carbon fiber, and different plastics, with the most adhesion strength in the range of 1–3 MPa. These adhesives were also explored for applications, ranging from wet conditions to different mechanically responsive materials. The mechanism of adhesion was further examined to understand the bonding process. 
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  5. Current polymer network design suffers from intrinsic trade-offs, where polymer networks with high modulus often turn out to be in short of stretchability or fracture toughness. Here, we show a novel polymer network design through polymer-nanoparticle alternating hybrids that enable integrating the non-polymeric colloid deformation into polymer network design. The new class of polymer network exhibits colloidal yielding at small deformation before conformational change at higher elongation ratios, enabling simultaneous achievement of high Young’s modulus of E≈10-50 MPa, high yield strength of σ_Y~ 3-5 MPa, large stretchability of λ~7-10, and high fracture energy density of Γ~30 MJ/m^3. These results demonstrate a successful strategy to decouple the molecular mechanics for yield from that for stretchability or toughness, leading to new polymer networks design. 
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