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Co-Continuous Composite Materials for Stiffness, Strength, and Energy Dissipation

  1. Lifeng Wang1,
  2. Jacky Lau1,
  3. Edwin L. Thomas2,
  4. Mary C. Boyce1,*

Article first published online: 25 FEB 2011

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201003956

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 23, Issue 13, pages 1524–1529, April 5, 2011

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Wang, L., Lau, J., Thomas, E. L. and Boyce, M. C. (2011), Co-Continuous Composite Materials for Stiffness, Strength, and Energy Dissipation. Adv. Mater., 23: 1524–1529. doi: 10.1002/adma.201003956

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  1. 1

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

  2. 2

    Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

*Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 MAR 2011
  2. Article first published online: 25 FEB 2011
  3. Manuscript Revised: 20 DEC 2010
  4. Manuscript Received: 26 OCT 2010

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Keywords:

  • polymeric materials;
  • composite materials;
  • microstructures;
  • energy dissipation;
  • damage tolerance
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Co-continuous polymer composite materials are designed and fabricated to achieve enhancements in stiffness, strength, and energy dissipation. The mutual constraints between two phases of the co-continuous structure enable enhanced dissipation by spreading of the plastic deformation and by containing cracking leading to a multitude of non-catastrophic dissipative events, which also provides damage tolerance of the co-continuous composites.

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