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The nano-structural origin of their elastic and inelastic behavior Part 1

von Dr. Cristina Prisacariu

There is much interest in seeking to understand and develop methods for predicting performance, to assist in the design of materials. For thermoplastic elastomers, such work faces serious challenges, as their mechanical response is still insufficiently understood in physical terms, and is highly sensitive to details of their structure. In the present work the information on the sensitivity of inelasticity to structural detail on the nm scale is addressed by studying segmented polyurethane elastomers (TPUs). They are an important class of two-phase elastomers, and a better understanding of their behavior is still badly needed. The present review is a part of a larger study that focuses on the TPUs elastic and inelastic behavior. Therefore the present work will be followed by part II that will focus on the TPUs hysteresis and its correlation with the physical structure.