Journal article
Highly Anisotropic Glassy Polystyrenes Are Flexible
We show that stretching polystyrene melts at a rate faster than the inverse Rouse time, followed by rapid quenching below the glass transition temperature, results in a material that is flexible and remains so for at least six months. Oriented micro/nanofibers are observed in the flexible samples after the mechanical tests.
The fibers are probably related to the highly aligned molecules in melt stretching. At room temperature, a tensile strength over 300 MPa has been achieved for the flexible polystyrenes.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Year: | 2018 |
Pages: | 1126-1130 |
ISSN: | 21611653 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00485 |
ORCIDs: | Huang, Qian , Hassager, Ole , Madsen, Jeppe , Yu, Liyun , 0000-0001-6810-0268 and 0000-0002-8998-9390 |