Fracture toughness of a metal–organic framework glass

Metal-organic framework glasses are gaining interest, but large samples are difficult to fabricate and mechanical properties are not well understood. Here, the authors use experiments and simulations to assess fracture toughness and flexural strength of a zeolitic imidazolate framework glass.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Theany To, Søren S. Sørensen, Malwina Stepniewska, Ang Qiao, Lars R. Jensen, Mathieu Bauchy, Yuanzheng Yue, Morten M. Smedskjaer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16382-7