Issue 31, 2021

Linear viscoelasticity of an acrylate IPN, analysis and micromechanical modeling

Abstract

An amorphous acrylate interpenetrated polymer network (IPN) was made in the laboratory and tested by dynamic mechanical analysis. Using frequency sweep tests, it was shown that the time–temperature superposition principle applies to the double network. Moreover, a generalized Maxwell model with forty Maxwell branches successfully reproduced the material's linear viscoelasticity. Using temperature sweep tests, the linear viscoelasticity of the IPN has been estimated using micromechanics, applying both mean-field homogenization models and fast Fourier transform (FFT)-based homogenization techniques. This modeling effort allowed discussing the mechanical interactions of the simple network. The microstructure of a second network, defined by a self-avoiding random walk, embedded in a continuous medium, in place of the first network, is shown to provide with satisfactory estimates of the linear viscoelasticity of the IPNs.

Graphical abstract: Linear viscoelasticity of an acrylate IPN, analysis and micromechanical modeling

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 May 2021
Accepted
28 Jun 2021
First published
28 Jun 2021

Soft Matter, 2021,17, 7341-7349

Linear viscoelasticity of an acrylate IPN, analysis and micromechanical modeling

J. Diani and É. Strauch-Hausser, Soft Matter, 2021, 17, 7341 DOI: 10.1039/D1SM00808K

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