Internal stress storage in shape memory polymer nanocomposites

Autor: Yiping Liu, Ken Gall, Goran Stefanic, Davor Balzar, Martin L. Dunn
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Applied Physics Letters. 85:290-292
ISSN: 1077-3118
0003-6951
DOI: 10.1063/1.1769087
Popis: We examine the storage and release of internal stresses in shape memory polymers reinforced with a dispersion of nanometer-scale SiC particles. A quantitative Rietveld analysis of diffraction peaks was used to measure changes in the lattice parameter of the SiC particles after permanent deformation at 25 °C, and subsequent shape recovery induced by heating to 120 °C. Under 50% compression of the composite material, the nanoparticles store a finite compressive stress, which is almost completely released during heated strain recovery. The values of the stored internal stresses in the particles are compared to values based on micromechanic calculations.
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