Impact-induced glass-to-rubber transition of polyurea under high-velocity temperature-controlled microparticle impact
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Author(s) • • • •
Sun, Yuchen
Kooi, Steven E
Nelson, Keith Adam
Hsieh, Alex J
Veysset, David Georges
Date Issued
July 2020
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Applied Physics Letters
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AIP Publishing
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Sun, Yuchen et al. "Impact-induced glass-to-rubber transition of polyurea under high-velocity temperature-controlled microparticle impact." 117, 2 (July 2020): 021905 © 2020 Author(s)
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Abstract
Deformation-induced glass transition in segmented elastomers has been proposed to allow highly desirable enhanced energy dissipation. In this study, we investigate the temperature-dependent microscale impact response of polyurea at a fixed impact velocity. We observe a local elevated impact energy absorption around 115 °C, which is attributed to the glass-to-rubber transition temperature under the present high-rate dynamic loading. Dielectric spectroscopy was performed, and the soft-segmental α2-relaxation was extracted and fit with a Havriliak-Negami function. The α2-relaxation frequency at 115 °C correlates well with an order-of-magnitude estimate of the equivalent frequency of deformation. This work further supports the importance of the dynamical Tg as an important consideration in the design of impact resistant materials.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
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https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0013081