Figure 2: Tensile Properties and Crack Behavior in Horizontal and Vertical Patterned Inhomogeneous Elastomers (IMAGE)

Nagoya Institute of Technology

Figure 2: Tensile Properties and Crack Behavior in Horizontal and Vertical Patterned Inhomogeneous Elastomers

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By selectively illuminating the elastomer film using patterned photomasking slits, the scientists manufactured vertically patterned films that showed an interesting fracture behavior characterized by a suppression of cracks at the soft sections.

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Courtesy: Mikihiro Hayashi from Nagoya Institute of Technology

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