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Interfacial Fracture of Thin Polymer Films on Aluminum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

A. Strojny ,
N. R. Moody ,
J. A. Emerson ,
W. R. Even Jr  and
W. W. Gerberich
A. Strojny
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 now with Xerox Corporation, Webster, NY 14580
N. R. Moody
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore CA 94550
J. A. Emerson
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
W. R. Even Jr
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore CA 94550
W. W. Gerberich
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Abstract

In this study we combined nanoindentation techniques with mechanics-based models to determine interfacial fracture energies in a 16 μm thick styrene-acrylate film on T-6061 aluminum sheet and a 1.6 μm thick Epon 828/T403 epoxy film on sputtered aluminum. For the styrene-acrylate film, interfacial fracture occurred at a fracture energy of 8.9 J/m2. The epoxy film failed much more readily with a fracture energy of 0.2 J/m2. However, the addition of an adhesion-promoting interlayer improved the epoxy film performance to the point where the films did not fail even when the indentations exceeded the film thickness.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 629: Symposium FF – Interfaces, Adhesion and Processing in Polymer Systems , 2000 , FF5.13
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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