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Direct Observation of Fracture Mechanisms in Polymer-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Evangelos Manias
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Bard Hall, Ithaca NY 14853.
Wook Jin Han
Affiliation:
Motorola Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Klaus D. Jandt
Affiliation:
Department of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Edward J. Kramer
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Bard Hall, Ithaca NY 14853.
Emmanuel P. Giannelis
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Bard Hall, Ithaca NY 14853.
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Abstract

Conventional three point bending and TEM techniques are employed to determine the fracture toughness and identify the failure mechanisms in model layered-silicate polymer nanocomposites.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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