Ductility, toughness and strain recovery

1.

DUCTILITY, TOUGHNESS
AND STRAIN RECOVERY
IN SELF-HEALING
DUALCROSS-LINKED
NANOPARTICLE NETWORKS
STUDIED BY
COMPUTERSIMULATIONS

2.

Polymer grafted
nanoparticle
(PGN)

3.

4.

bond energies U(l)0/kBT =
33, 39, and 45 (red, blue,
andblack curves,
respectively). (a) q = 0.75 and
1.25 (dashed and solid lines,
respectively). v = 0.001 and
0.005 (dashed and solid lines,
respectively).

5.

(a) P = 0, 0.6, and 1 (black,
green, and red curves,
respectively) for U(l)0/kBT =
33 (b) P = 0, 0.6, and 1 for
U(l)0/kBT = 39

6.

Snapshots of sample with U(l)0/kBT =
37 during recovery at (a)
t = 1.5 × 104Toand (b)
t = 7.5 × 104T0with fraction of
permanent bonds P = 1.0,(c) t = 1.5 ×
104Toand (d) t = 7.5 × 104T0with
fraction of permanent bonds P = 2.0.