Multiple-length-scale deformation analysis in a thermoplastic polyurethane

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sui, Tan ^a   Baimpas, Nikolaos ^a   Dolbnya, Igor P ^b   Prisacariu, Cristina ^c,d   Korsunsky, Alexander M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^d ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

DEFORMATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POLYMER; STRAIN RATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY GRADIENT; DOG; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOGRAPHY; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNCHROTRON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WIDE ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84924777849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7583     Document Type: Article

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