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Optical Reflectance and Scattering

Polymer Interphases Consortium

In Colaboration With: Polymers Division Surface & Microanalysis Science Division Materials Science & Engineering Laboratory Chemical Science & Technology Laboratory

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Topics PIC Home Technical Program (Phase I) Overview of Phase I Phase II (starting 10/1/04) Research Team Members-Only Site Links Publications Contacts

Mechanical Characterization of Polymer Surfaces Objectives To develop advanced measurement techniques for evaluating surface mechanical properties of polymeric materials as a function of time and loading rate To relate material properties to deformation behavior under complex stress states To assess the impact of surface deformation on appearance Recent Posters and Presentations (Adobe PDF Format) Mechanical Characterization of Polymer Surfaces (M. R. VanLandingham, N. Martys, L.-P. Sung) May 2001 Meeting Presentation (M. R. VanLandingham) Appearance Measurements, Predictions, and Rendering (L.-P. Sung) 2nd International Conference on Scanning Probe Microscopy of Polymers (M. R. VanLandingham, et al.) Summer student presentation (J. Price) Recent Publications (Adobe PDF Format) Scratch and Mar Review Paper (M. R. VanLandingham) M. R. VanLandingham, J. S. Villarrubia, W. F. Guthrie, G. F. Meyers, "Nanoindentation of Polymers: An Overview," in Macromolecular Symposia 167:   Advances in Scanning Probe Microscopy of Polymers, V. V. Tsukruk and N. D. Spencer, eds. (2001) 15-44. L. Sung, M. E. Nadal, M. E. McKnight, E. Marx, and B. Laurenti, “Optical Reflectance of Metallic Coatings: Effect of Aluminum Flake Orientation,” JCT: Journal of Coatings Technology 74,55-63 (2002). Other Projects Effects of Shear Flow and Thermal Gradients Interphase Characterization

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