Engineering applications of soft materials, such as prosthetic ligaments, are limited by crack propagation initiated by a defect. A better understanding of dissipative mechanism at the crack tip will be invaluable to guide materials chemists to design and develop better soft and tough materials.We developed a method to visualize molecular chains scission based on mechano-fluorescence: fluorescence activation upon mechanically triggered bond scission. We mapped molecular damage in 3D and at high magnification by confocal microscopy. Chemistry, mechanics and physics were associated to give our multi scale approach. With the help of a calibration curve we directly quantified and mapped chains scission inside a series of model elastomers, from ...
Due to their soft and brittle nature, the mechanical characterization of polymer hydrogels is a diff...
This PhD thesis tackles the issue of dynamic fracture of elastomer membranes from an experimental po...
A chemiluminescent mechanophore, bis(adamantyl-1,2-dioxetane), is used to investigate the covalent b...
Engineering applications of soft materials, such as prosthetic ligaments, are limited by crack propa...
L’utilisation de matériaux mous, tel que des ligaments de synthèse, est limitée par la propagation d...
To assess correctly limitations in use, it is important to better understand how elastomers break by...
Elastic materials can deform reversibly by several times their initial size. Their low resistance to...
The fracture of polymer materials is a multiscale process starting with the scission of a single mol...
A classic paradigm of soft and extensible polymer materials is the difficulty of combining reversibl...
This projects is part of an ambitious global project, which objective is to understand the mechanism...
Quantitative characterization of the energy dissipation zone around a crack tip is the focal point i...
Understanding the resistance of soft materials to puncture bears relevance to many fields. However, ...
Mechanophores are molecules that are incorporated into a host material and react to the local mechan...
International audienceThe molecular level transfer of stress from a stiff percolating filler to a st...
We investigated systematically the mechanical and fracture properties of multiple network elastomers...
Due to their soft and brittle nature, the mechanical characterization of polymer hydrogels is a diff...
This PhD thesis tackles the issue of dynamic fracture of elastomer membranes from an experimental po...
A chemiluminescent mechanophore, bis(adamantyl-1,2-dioxetane), is used to investigate the covalent b...
Engineering applications of soft materials, such as prosthetic ligaments, are limited by crack propa...
L’utilisation de matériaux mous, tel que des ligaments de synthèse, est limitée par la propagation d...
To assess correctly limitations in use, it is important to better understand how elastomers break by...
Elastic materials can deform reversibly by several times their initial size. Their low resistance to...
The fracture of polymer materials is a multiscale process starting with the scission of a single mol...
A classic paradigm of soft and extensible polymer materials is the difficulty of combining reversibl...
This projects is part of an ambitious global project, which objective is to understand the mechanism...
Quantitative characterization of the energy dissipation zone around a crack tip is the focal point i...
Understanding the resistance of soft materials to puncture bears relevance to many fields. However, ...
Mechanophores are molecules that are incorporated into a host material and react to the local mechan...
International audienceThe molecular level transfer of stress from a stiff percolating filler to a st...
We investigated systematically the mechanical and fracture properties of multiple network elastomers...
Due to their soft and brittle nature, the mechanical characterization of polymer hydrogels is a diff...
This PhD thesis tackles the issue of dynamic fracture of elastomer membranes from an experimental po...
A chemiluminescent mechanophore, bis(adamantyl-1,2-dioxetane), is used to investigate the covalent b...