Frequency-tunable toughening in a polymer-metal-ceramic stack using an interfacial molecular nanolayer

Matthew Kwan; Muriel Braccini; Michael W. Lane; Ganpati Ramanath

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07614-y

Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Frequency-tunable toughening in a polymer-metal-ceramic stack using an interfacial molecular nanolayer

Matthew Kwan,
Muriel Braccini,
Michael W. Lane,
Ganpati Ramanath

Affiliations

Matthew Kwan: Materials Science and Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Muriel Braccini: Materials Science and Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Michael W. Lane: Chemistry Department, Emory and Henry College
Ganpati Ramanath: Materials Science and Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07614-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The toughening of layered composite materials during cyclic loading remains poorly understood. Here, the authors introduce an interfacial nanolayer to a polymer-metal-ceramic stack to triple the fracture energy during cyclic loading via nanolayer-induced interfacial bond strengthening and load transfer to the polymer layer.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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