Brittleness and toughness of polymers and other materials

Properties of polymers: their correlation with chemical structure; their numerical estimation and prediction from additive group contributions

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 1.7K citations

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Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk

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Strong, tough and stiff bioinspired ceramics from brittle constituents

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Properties of polymers. Their correlation with chemical structure; their numerical estimation and prediction from additive group contributions

G. Scott · Endeavour · 1992 · 303 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +16

Toughening of a brittle thermosetting polymer: Effects of reinforcement particle size and volume fraction

Raman P. Singh, M. Zhang, Diane Chan · Journal of Materials Science · 2002 · 299 citations

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