Summary: CAREY ET AL. VOL. XXX ' NO. XX ' 000­000 ' XXXX A
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Observation of Dynamic Strain
Hardening in Polymer Nanocomposites
Brent J. Carey,
Prabir K. Patra,,§
Lijie Ci,
Glaura G. Silva,
and Pulickel M. Ajayan,*

Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States, and
Department of Chemistry, Universidade
Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil. §
Present address: Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering,
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604, United States.
M
ost materials, when subjected to
sufficient repeated mechanical
stress, will undergo irreversible

Source: Ajayan, Pulickel M. - Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University

Collections: Materials Science