Polypropylene (PP) blended with rubber particles has been recognized for significantly
increasing impact resistance, which is increasingly demanded in industries such as electric …

Epoxy materials are an indispensable class of polymers due to their excellent mechanical
properties and high thermal resistance. However, traditional epoxy materials are typically …

The dynamic tensile mechanical response of a soft polymer material (Clear Flex 75) is
investigated using a split Hopkinson tension bar (SHTB). Stress-strain relations are derived …

Abstract All-atom Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations were employed to investigate the
structural and free volume evolution (correlated with damage) during creep of model …

In this work, through well designed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on carefully
equilibrated macromolecular ensembles of a generic model of an amorphous glassy …

Exposed to severe loading condition in fuel cells, the perfluorinated sulfonic-acid (PFSA)
membrane degrades over time, which becomes the primary cause of the increasing …

The mechanical properties of silica nanoparticle (NP)/polyisoprene (PI) nanocomposites can
be drastically manipulated by modifying the NPs with grafted chains. To reveal the …

The nucleation of cavities in a homogeneous polymer under tensile strain is studied in a
coarse‐grained MD simulation. To establish a causal relation between local microstructure …

Models of the mechanical response of glassy polymers commonly assume that
entanglements inherited from the melt act like chemical cross-links. The predictions from …

Addition of nanoparticles to a polymer can drastically affect the mechanical properties and
structure of the nanocomposite. Here we investigate the nucleation and growth of voids that …