Journal
POLYMER TESTING
Volume 32, Issue 7, Pages 1220-1228Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2013.07.013
Keywords
Nanoindentation; Size effect; Polymers; Polydimethylsiloxane
Funding
- National Science Foundation [CMMI 1102764, CMMI 1126860]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn [1126860] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Nanoindentation tests were performed on polydimethylsiloxane to characterize its mechanical behavior at different indentation depths and loading times. Astonishing indentation size effects have been observed in these experiments where the universal hardness increases by about 15 times from indentation depths of 5000 down to 100 nm. The hardness was found to depend on the loading time at small indentations, while at larger indentation depths the hardness hardly changed with loading time. In an attempt to unveil the underlying deformation mechanisms, an in-depth experimental study is pursued in this article with detailed analysis of the experimental data. Applying different loading times, the indentation experiments were evaluated at indentation depths from 100 to 5000 nm with respect to (a) universal hardness, (b) ratio of remaining indentation depth after unloading to maximum indentation depth, (c) ratio between elastic and total indentation works, and (d) indentation stiffness at maximum applied force. All these characteristics are found to be significantly different compared to a reference material that does not exhibit indentation size effects. The corresponding experimental data has been analyzed with an existing indentation depth dependent hardness model for polymers that has been motivated by a Frank elasticity related theory incorporating rotation gradients. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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