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Mechanical Properties of Polymers and Composites

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In this article, the authors discuss various mechanical properties of fiber-filled composites, such as elastic moduli, creep and stress relaxation, and other mechanical properties such as stress-strain behavior and strength.
Abstract
Mechanical Tests and Polymer Transitions * Elastic Moduli * Creep and Stress Relaxation * Dynamical Mechanical Properties * Stress-Strain Behaviour and Strength * Other mechanical Properties * Particulate-Filled Polymers * Fiber- Filled Composites and Other Composites.

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Poly(ε-caprolactone)-based nanocomposites: Influence of compatibilization on properties of poly(ε-caprolactone)–silica nanocomposites

TL;DR: In this article, results about preparation and characterization of poly(e-caprolactone) (PCL) based nanocomposites filled with silica nanoparticles are reported.
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Filled polymers: Mechanical properties and processability

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the wide spectrum of properties of filled polymer systems is presented, focusing on the influence of the boundary layer and filler on melting and crystallization of the polymer matrix.
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Cationic photopolymerization of vinyl ether systems: influence of the presence of hydrogen donor additives

TL;DR: Several alcohols (n-butanol, 2-propanol, 2phenyl-2-Propanol) and water were added to diethylene-glycol-divinyl-ether (DVE2) or triethylene- glycol-DIVINIL-ETH as mentioned in this paper in order to investigate their influence on the cationic photopolymerization.
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Estimation of flocculation structure in filled polymer composites by dynamic rheological measurements

TL;DR: In this paper, the frequency and concentration dependences of the storage modulus for carbon black and short carbon-fiber-filled polymer composites were investigated by means of dynamic rheological measurements.
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Polypropylene/talc/SEBS (SEBS-g-MA) composites. Part 2. Mechanical properties

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between the structure of polypropylene blends and composites as a function of poly(styreneb-ethylene-co-butylene-b-styrene) triblock copolymer and the SEBS grafted with maleic anhydride (SEBS-g-MA) content in the range from 0 to 20 vol.%.