Stiffness Enhancement in Nacre-Inspired Nanocomposites due to Nanoconfinement

A coarse-grained model for the mechanical behavior of multi-layer graphene

(2015) Luis Ruiz et al.   CARBON

Size-dependent mechanical behavior of free-standing glassy polymer thin films

(2015) Wenjie Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Defect-Tolerant Nanocomposites through Bio-Inspired Stiffness Modulation

(2014) Allison M. Beese et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Systematic Method for Thermomechanically Consistent Coarse-Graining: A Universal Model for Methacrylate-Based Polymers

(2014) David D. Hsu et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Dependence of Polymer Thin Film Adhesion Energy on Cohesive Interactions between Chains

(2014) Wenjie Xia et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Interfacial mobility scale determines the scale of collective motion and relaxation rate in polymer films

(2014) Paul Z. Hanakata et al.   Nature Communications

How Thick is the Interphase in an Ultrathin Polymer Film? Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polyamide-6,6 on Graphene

(2013) Hossein Eslami et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Coupled Effects of Substrate Adhesion and Intermolecular Forces on Polymer Thin Film Glass-Transition Behavior

(2013) Wenjie Xia et al.   LANGMUIR

Substrate vs. free surface: Competing effects on the glass transition of polymer thin films

(2013) Wenjie Xia et al.   POLYMER

Optimizing the Reinforcement of Polymer-Based Nanocomposites by Graphene

(2012) Lei Gong et al.   ACS Nano

The weak interfaces within tough natural composites: Experiments on three types of nacre

(2012) Ahmad Khayer Dastjerdi et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Mechanical properties of graphene oxides

(2012) Lizhao Liu et al.   Nanoscale

Properties of short polystyrene chains confined between two gold surfaces through a combined density functional theory and classical molecular dynamics approach

(2012) Karen Johnston et al.   Soft Matter

Biomimetic layer-by-layer assembly of artificial nacre

(2012) Alexander Finnemore et al.   Nature Communications

Effects of graphene oxide on surface energy, mechanical, damping and thermal properties of ethylene-propylene-diene rubber/petroleum resin blends

(2012) Biyan Chen et al.   RSC Advances

Interfacial and Substrate Effects on Local Elastic Properties of Polymers Using Coupled Experiments and Modeling of Nanoindentation

(2011) Supinda Watcharotone et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Elastic modulus of biopolymer matrix in nacre measured using coupled atomic force microscopy bending and inverse finite element techniques

(2011) Zhi-Hui Xu et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Tablet-level origin of toughening in abalone shells and translation to synthetic composite materials

(2011) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   Nature Communications

Nanometer-Scale Mapping of Elastic Modules in Biogenic Composites: The Nacre of Mollusk Shells

(2010) Haika Moshe-Drezner et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Effects of functional groups on the mechanical and wrinkling properties of graphene sheets

(2010) Qingbin Zheng et al.   CARBON

Mechanical properties of the elemental nanocomponents of nacre structure

(2010) Ph. Stempflé et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Large-Area, Lightweight and Thick Biomimetic Composites with Superior Material Properties via Fast, Economic, and Green Pathways

(2010) Andreas Walther et al.   NANO LETTERS

Elastic Modulus of Amorphous Polymer Thin Films: Relationship to the Glass Transition Temperature

(2009) Jessica M. Torres et al.   ACS Nano

Combined Molecular Algorithms for the Generation, Equilibration and Topological Analysis of Entangled Polymers: Methodology and Performance

(2009) Nikos Ch. Karayiannis et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

The role of organic intertile layer in abalone nacre

(2009) M.A. Meyers et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Topological analysis of polymeric melts: Chain-length effects and fast-converging estimators for entanglement length

(2009) Robert S. Hoy et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Merger of structure and material in nacre and bone – Perspectives on de novo biomimetic materials

(2009) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Simulation of interphase percolation and gradients in polymer nanocomposites

(2008) Rui Qiao et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Polymer−Graphite Nanocomposites:  Effective Dispersion and Major Property Enhancement via Solid-State Shear Pulverization

(2008) Katsuyuki Wakabayashi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Functionalized graphene sheets for polymer nanocomposites

(2008) T. Ramanathan et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Mechanical strength of abalone nacre: Role of the soft organic layer

(2007) Marc André Meyers et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials