Molecular-weight-controlled brittle-to- semiductile-to-ductile transition in S-(S/B)-S triblock copolymers

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-188

  Weidisch, Roland ^a,c   Ganß, Martin ^a   Satapathy, Bhabani K ^b   Thunga, Mahendra ^c   Knoll, Konrad ^d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^d BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Crack toughness; Fracture; Molecular weight; Segregation strength

Indexed keywords

CRACK GROWTH; HOMOGENEOUS STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; PS CONTENTS; SEGREGATION STRENGTH; STRAIN FIELD ANALYSIS; TEM; TOUGHNESS ENHANCEMENT; TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 76649113402     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: 14392054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200900259     Document Type: Article

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