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Microdeformation in heterogeneous polymers revealed by electron microscopy
Recent investigations of the tensile fracture behaviour of representative glassy and semicrystalline impact-resistant polymers are reviewed, with emphasis on the microdeformation behaviour as revealed by electron microscopy of sections from bulk specimens, where the crack-tip damage zone has been embedded and/or stained under load, and on thin films deformed in situ. The insight that such techniques have provided into the toughening mechanisms is discussed.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000224419800009
Authors
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Gensler, R.
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Dupuits, L.
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Gaillard, C.
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Kausch, H.-H.
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Publication date
2004
Published in
Volume
214
Issue
1
Start page
97
End page
114
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Available on Infoscience
June 26, 2006
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