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

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Giesa, Tristan, Pugno, Nicola M., Wong, Joyce Y., Kaplan, David L., Buehler, Markus J.·2014·Advanced Materials
DOI 10.1002/adma.201303323PMC PMC4976486
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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.

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Authors
Giesa, T., Pugno, N. M., Wong, J. Y., Kaplan, D. L., & Buehler, M. J.
Affiliations
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • University of Trento (IT)
  • Boston University (US)
  • Tufts University (US)
Corresponding author
Buehler, Markus J.
ORCID
Venue
Advanced Materials
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2013-11-11
Volume
26
Issue
3
Pages
412-417
ISSN
  • 0935-9648 (ISSN-L)
  • 1521-4095
DOI
10.1002/adma.201303323
PMC
PMC4976486
OpenAlex
W2108256508
Cited by
47
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FWCI
1.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Advanced Materials (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (U01EB014976)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Keywords
polymer fibers, fracture strength, length scales, crack sensitivity, flaw sensitivity, interatomic interactions, mechanical resilience, fiber mechanics
MeSH terms
Algorithms, Animals, Elasticity, Models, Biological, Polymers, Spiders, Stress, Mechanical, Tensile Strength, Nonlinear Dynamics, Silk, Elastic Modulus, Nanofibers

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