Strain gauges are widely applied to measure mechanical deformation of structures and specimens. While metallic foil gauges usually have a gauge factor slightly over 2, single crystalline silicon demonstrates intrinsic gauge factors as high as 200. Although silicon is an intrinsically stiff and brittle material, flexible and even stretchable strain gauges have been achieved by integrating thin s...

Mechanophore-linked linear poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) was synthesized using bisfunctionalized spiropyran (SP) as an atom transfer radical polymerization initiator. The resulting polymer had a Tg of 127 C and molecular weight greater than 250 kDa. SP-cleavage experiments confirmed the incorporation of SP molecules approximately into the center of the polymer chain. Force-induced reaction o...

The mechanical strength and failure behavior of two photonic crystal silica optical fibers with different diameters were investigated using tensile test. The effect of polymer coating on the failure behavior was also studied. The results indicated that all fibers failed in a brittle manner and the failure normally initiated from fiber surfaces. The failure loads observed in the coated fibers ar...

background: anti-angiogenic therapy is a crucial step in cancer treatment. the discovery of new anti-angiogenic compounds from marine organisms has become an attractive concept in anti-cancer therapy. because little data correlated to the pro- and anti-angiogenic efficacies of ophiuroidea, which include brittle star, the current study was designed to explore the anti-angiogenic potential of bri...

Polymer matrix composites reinforced with graphene derivatives are receiving increasing attention in academia and industry. For future applications, however, the machinability of these materials needs to be understood. This study introduces cutting mechanism nanoplatelet (GNP)-reinforced polymer using finite element (FE) method, where process is investigated terms stress distribution, chip form...

This work shows the possibility of obtaining hybrid layered metal-polymer composites based on low-carbon steel and aluminum alloys with interlayers basalt fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer — polyetheretherketone by methods hot cold bonding use curing adhesives, respectively. The adhesive tear shear strength obtained two alternative impact steel-polymer alloy-polymer joints were evaluated. ...

Deformation brings out important features of viscoelastic behaviour in polymers. To achieve a better understanding of the underlying phenomena, molecular dynamics simulations have been performed for oneand two-phase polymeric materials created on the computer. An external force was applied to the materials and their response followed as a function of time. The mechanical properties were found t...

Fracture modes in a model glass–polymer coating–substrate system indented with hard spheres are investigated. The large modulus mismatch between the glass and polymer results in distinctive transverse fracture modes within the brittle coating: exaggerated circumferential (C) ring cracks that initiate at the upper coating surface well outside the contact (as opposed to the near-contact Hertzian ...