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What's Inside the Box? – Length‐Scales that Govern Fracture Processes of Polymer Fibers

Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This work shows that multiple length-scales must be considered concurrently to explain a polymer fiber's impressive mechanical performance and resilience. The considerations of interatomic interactions alone cannot explain the fracture strength observed in biological fibers. Instead, the fracture strength of a fiber depends strongly on the length-scale of observation, including a fiber's sensitivity with respect to cracks and other flaws.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201303323
Institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Trento, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, FBK Center for Materials and Microsystems, Boston University, Tufts University
Language: English
Subfield: Biomaterials
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2108256508
FWCI: 1.442
Cites: 77
Cited by: 47
Related to: 10