Micromechanical mechanisms of toughness enhancement in nanostructured amorphous and semicrystalline polymers

Mechanical Properties of Polymers based on Nanostructure and Morphology

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 379-430

  Michler, Goerg H ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

MICROMECHANICAL MECHANISMS; NANO-STRUCTURED; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; TOUGHNESS ENHANCEMENT;

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