Toughness of polymer

Intrinsic Molecular Mobility and Toughness of Polymers II Volume Editor Kausch, H. H. 

Bradley, W.L. (1990). The effeet of resin toughness on delamination toughness and post-impact compression strength. In Proc. "Benihana" Intern. Symp. How to improve the toughness of polymers and composites-toughness, fracture and fatigue of polymers and composites, Yamagata. Japan, pp. 221-230. 

How can you estimate relative toughness of polymer samples from stress-strain curves ... 

Kausch, H.H. 2005. Intrinsic Molecular Mobility and Toughness of Polymers. Springer, New York. Malmsten, M. 2003. Biopolymers at Interfaces. 2nd ed. Taylor Francis, Boca Raton, FL. 

The term This Volume refers to the Special Double Volume Intrinsic Molecular Mobility and Toughness of Polymers of the Advances in Polymer Science, Vol. 187 and 188 (2005)... 

The treated phenomena and investigations summarized above are at the centre of the topic of this special two-volume edition of the Advances in Polymer Science on Intrinsic molecular mobility and toughness of polymers . However, little has been said about the mutual relations between molecular configuration, polymer morphology, nature, intensity and cooperativity of sub-Tg relaxation mechanisms, and mode of solicitation on the one hand and their effect on disentanglement, craze formation, yield behaviour and ultimate strength on the other. These subjects will be critically evaluated in the subsequent presentations of this Volume. 

Physical or chemical modification methods have been employed to increase the toughness of polymer materials. The chemical modifications include random copolymerization, block copolymerization, grafting, etc. the physical ones include blending, reinforcing, filling, interpenetrating networks etc. [24-26]. 

Halary JL, Monnerie L, Kausch HH (2005) In Kausch HH (ed) Intrinsic molecular mobility and toughness of polymers. (Advances in polymer science). Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York 187 215... 

Low-molar mass lipids have been known for more than 30 years for their ability to self-assemble into vesicles or liposomes, however, with limited overall stability. Polymer membranes, on the other hand, are almost one order of magnitude tougher and at least 10 times less permeable to water than common phospholipids bilayers, due to the increased length and conformational freedom of polymer chains compared to lipids [1]. Biohybrid polymer vesicles combine the toughness of polymers and the biocompatibility of peptides or sugars, making them promising candidates... 

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