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Controlling toughness of polymer-grafted nanoparticle composites for impact mitigation

Published:2022 Issue:2 Volume:18 Page:256-261
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Chen Shawn H.¹^ORCID,Souna Amanda J.²,Stranick Stephan J.¹,Jhalaria Mayank³,Kumar Sanat K.³^ORCID,Soles Christopher L.²,Chan Edwin P.²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Materials Measurement Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA

2. Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA

3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 801 SW Mudd, New York, NY 10027, USA

Abstract

Polymer toughness is typically dictated by the entanglement density. Here we demonstrate a new paradigm via polymer-grafted nanocomposites that couples segmental dynamics with the entanglement concept for enhanced toughness at high deformation rates.

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy

National Science Foundation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/SM/D1SM01432C

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