Al. Volynskii et al., Nucleation and development of regular microrelief under deformation of polymer with metallic coating, VYSO SOED, 41(9), 1999, pp. 1435-1441
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
VYSOKOMOLEKULYARNYE SOEDINENIYA SERIYA A & SERIYA B
Direct microscopic observations showed that, under deformation of rubbery p
olymers with a thin rigid coating, a regular microrelief develops via the f
ormation of nucleation structures at the surface microinhomogeneities, whic
h are characteristic of real systems. The number of nucleation structures w
as shown to depend on the stress level of the polymer deformation and on th
e thickness of the deposited metallic coating. The process of the initiatio
n of the nucleation structures was assumed to be controlled by the Griffith
criterion.