Mechanical properties of composite polymer microstructures fabricated by interference lithography.
We demonstrate that organized, porous, polymer microstructures with continuous open nanoscale pores and a sub-micron spacing obtained via interference lithography can be successfully utilized in a non-traditional field of ordered polymer microcomposites. The examples presented here include porous matrices for the fabrication of binary, glassy-rubbery microcomposites with intriguing mechanical properties with large energy dissipation and lattice-controlled fracturing.
Singamaneni
Srikanth
S
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Chang
Sehoon
S
Jang
Ji-Hyun
JH
Davis
Whitney
W
Thomas
Edwin L
EL
Tsukruk
Vladimir V
VV
D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
D011108:Polymers