Determination of the elastic properties of single microcapsules using micromanipulation and finite element modeling

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2042-2049

  Mercadé Prieto, Ruben ^a   Nguyen, Bac ^a   Allen, Rachael ^a   York, David ^b   Preece, Jon A ^a   Goodwin, Ted E ^c   Zhang, Zhibing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c ENCAPSYS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computation; Elasticity; Finite element modeling; Microcapsule; Micromanipulation; Polymers

Indexed keywords

BENDING EFFECT; CAPSULE SIZE; COMPRESSION DATA; COMPRESSION FORCE; COMPUTATION; ELASTIC CORE; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC-PLASTIC; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FORCE DEFORMATION; FRACTIONAL DEFORMATION; MELAMINE-FORMALDEHYDE; MICRO MANIPULATION; MICROCAPSULES; PARALLEL PLATES; RADIUS RATIO; WALL THICKNESS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPACTION; ELASTICITY; ENCAPSULATION; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; MICROMANIPULATORS; POLYMERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DATA COMPRESSION;

EID: 79953063493     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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