Critical particle size for interfacial debonding in polymer/nanoparticle composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 861-872

  Chen, Jian kang ^a,b   Wang, Gong Tao ^b   Yu, Zhong Zhen ^b   Huang, Zhuping ^c   Mai, Yiu Wing ^b,d  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A. Nano composites; B. Debonding; B. Interface; C. Modelling

Indexed keywords

A. NANO COMPOSITES; ABSOLUTE VALUES; BEFORE AND AFTER; CRITICAL PARTICLE SIZE; CRITICAL RADIUS; CRITICAL SIZE; ELLIPSOIDAL PARTICLES; ENERGETIC ANALYSIS; ESHELBY'S EQUIVALENT INCLUSION METHOD; INTERFACE DEBONDING; INTERFACIAL ADHESION STRENGTH; INTERFACIAL DEBONDING; MATRIX; MESOMECHANICS; SHAPE AND SIZE; SHAPE PARTICLES; STRESS AND STRAIN; UNI-AXIAL LOADING; WORK OF ADHESION;

ADHESION; ASPECT RATIO; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES;

DEBONDING;

DEBONDING; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOCOMPOSITE; PARTICLE SIZE; STRAIN; STRENGTH; STRESS;

EID: 77950526853     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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