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Adhesion study for polymer/polymer interface or polymer/metal interface in microscopic level

Submitted by Xuejun Fan on

Is there any study on hierarchical structures for polymer/polymer interface or polymer/metal interface? and link the polymer molecular structure with fracture or adhesion study? What is the role of mechanical bonding compared to physical and chemical bonding?

Micropolar material constants

Submitted by kahlondilbag on
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Can someone help me to give the numerical values for micropolar elastic solids and micropolar fluids so that i can study the behaviour of such materials numericaly?  Also suggest me some references and books regarding Micropolar Elasticity. 

Microcantilever operated in liquid environment for in-vitro biomolecular detection

Submitted by Kilho Eom on

We have recently reported the piezoelectric thick film microcantilever, which enables the in-situ real-time detection of the protein related to disease (e.g. C reactive protein) in liquid environment. This work was published at APL (click here).

"In-situ real-time monitoring of biomolecular interactions based on resonating microcantilevers immersed in a viscous fluid"

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES REINFORCED BY CARBON NANOTUBES

Submitted by Henry Tan on

CONTINUUM MODELING OF INTERFACES IN POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES REINFORCED BY CARBON NANOTUBES

L. Y. JIANG, H. TAN, J. WU, Y. HUANG, K. -C. HWANG
Review Article, 2007, accepted by NANO

The interface behavior may significantly influence the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced composites due to the large interface area per unit volume at the composite. The modeling of CNT/polymer interfaces has been a challenge in the continuum modeling of CNT reinforced composites.

Electromechanical hysteresis and coexistent states in dielectric elastomers

Submitted by Xuanhe Zhao on

Active polymers are being developed to mimic a salient feature of life: movement in response to stimuli. Large deformation can lead to intriguing phenomena; for example, recent experiments have shown that a voltage can deform a layer of a dielectric elastomer into two coexistent states, one being flat and the other wrinkled. This observation, as well as the needs to analyze large deformation under diverse stimuli, has led us to reexamine the theory of electromechanics.