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ArticlePolymers2023

Structure and Mechanical Properties of a Porous Polymer Material via Molecular Dynamics Simulations.

Sharon Carol Volpe, Dino Leporini, Francesco Puosi

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Article in Polymers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Sharon Carol VolpeDipartimento di Fisica 'Enrico Fermi', Università di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3892-6004
Dino LeporiniDipartimento di Fisica 'Enrico Fermi', Università di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9429-0509
Francesco PuosiDipartimento di Fisica 'Enrico Fermi', Università di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6830-0822

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We characterize, using molecular dynamics simulations, the structure and mechanical response of a porous glassy system, obtained via arrested phase separation of a model polymer melt. In the absence of external driving, coarsening dynamics, with power-law time dependence, controls the slow structural evolution, in agreement with what was reported for other phase-separating systems. The mechanical response was investigated in athermal quasi-static conditions. In the elastic regime, low values for the Young's and shear modulus were found, as compared to dense glassy systems, which originate from the porous structure. For large deformations, stress-strain curves show a highly intermittent behavior, with avalanches of plastic events. The stress-drop distribution is characterized exploring a large set of parameters. This work goes beyond the previous numerical studies on atomic porous materials, as it first examines the role of chain connectivity in the elastic and plastic responses of materials of this type.

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glass transitionmechanical propertiesmolecular dynamicsphase separationporous materialsstructural analysis

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PMID36679239
PMCPMC9867006

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