Degradable Plastics Are Vulnerable to Cracks

A plastic may degrade in response to a trigger. The kinetics of degradation have long been characterized by the loss of weight and strength over time. These methods of gross characterization, however, are misleading when plastic degrades heterogeneously. Here, we study heterogeneous degradation in a...

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Main Authors: Xuxu Yang, Jason Steck, Jiawei Yang, Yecheng Wang, Zhigang Suo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Engineering
Subjects:
pH
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209580992100148X