Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology

0565428 - ÚMCH 2023 US eng M - Monography Chapter
Šlouf, Miroslav - Henning, S.
Micromechanical properties.
Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2022, s. 1-50. ISBN 9780471440260
R&D Projects: GA TA ČR(CZ) TN01000008; GA MZd(CZ) NU21-06-00084
Institutional support: RVO:61389013
Keywords : micromechanical properties * microindentation * microhardness
OECD category: Polymer science
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/0471440264.pst199.pub2

The term micromechanical properties of polymers (or micromechanics of polymers) represents quite a broad topic, which comprises three principal areas: the measurement of micromechanical properties, the interpretation of micromechanical behavior, and the imaging of microstructure changes during deformation and fracture. Our contribution covers all three aspects of micromechanics in Polymer science. The first part focuses on the measurement of micromechanical properties by indentation methods, which dominate in the field of micromechanical properties measurement, the other micromechanical characterization methods are just mentioned briefly. The second part deals with the interpretation of micromechanical behavior, that is, with the correlations among molecular structure, supermolecular structure (morphology), micromechanical properties, and macromechanical properties of polymers. The third part describes imaging of microscopic processes during deformation and fracture or, in other words, how the deformation of polymer materials influences their morphology and vice versa.

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