Typical nanomechanical applications include measuring elastic modulus, friction and adhesion. Viscoelastic materials, which include polymers and biological materials, have elastic properties that ...

Polymer nanocomposites (PNC) are materials that are made up of a polymer matrix with embedded particles with a size of 100 nanometers or smaller. Carbon nanotubes or nanofibers, graphenes, and ...

Polymers are often employed in engineering designs because of their ability to damp out shock and vibration. A material’s ability to elastically store energy is characterized by the storage modulus (E ...

The structure, tensile, thermal and dynamic properties of decrosslinked PEX-A were studied. It was found that tensile and thermal properties of decrosslinked PEX-A were insignificantly affected by the ...

The modulus (indentation modulus) profiler was developed in 1987 by Gillen, Clough, and Quintana (Polymer Degradation and Stability 17 [1987] 31-47). The technique has a special resolution of about ...