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Adhesion and interfacial fracture toughness between hard and soft materials

  • Nima Rahbar
  • , Kurt Wolf
  • , Argjenta Orana
  • , Roy Fennimore
  • , Zong Zong
  • , Juan Meng
  • , George Papandreou
  • , Cynthia Maryanoff
  • , Wole Soboyejo
  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Princeton University

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of a combined experimental and theoretical study of adhesion between hard and soft layers that are relevant to medical devices such as drug-eluting stents and semiconductor applications. Brazil disk specimens were used to measure the interfacial fracture energies between model parylene C and 316L stainless steel over a wide range of mode mixities. The trends in the overall fracture energies are predicted using a combination of adhesion theories and fracture mechanics concepts. The measured interfacial fracture energies are shown to be in good agreement with the predictions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number103533
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume104
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

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