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Indentation fracture of silicone gels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Wei-Chun Lin ,
Kathryn J. Otim ,
Joseph L. Lenhart ,
Phillip J. Cole  and
Kenneth R. Shull
Wei-Chun Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Kathryn J. Otim
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Joseph L. Lenhart
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Phillip J. Cole
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
Kenneth R. Shull*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: k-shull@northwestern.edu
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Abstract

Indentation tests were performed, using a flat punch probe, on silicone gels to induce failure under compression. The silicone gels were formed from networks of vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with molecular weights of 800 and 28,000 g/mol and a sol fraction of trimethylsiloxy-terminated PDMS with molecular weights ranging from 1250 to 139,000 g/mol. Cone cracks were observed in samples that fractured from defects at the sample surface, but failure more commonly originated from the corners of the indenter. Ring cracks were observed for the most highly compliant samples that fractured at indentation depths approaching the overall thickness of the sample. In these cases we generally observed a delayed fracture response, with a time delay that increased with increasing sol fraction and decreased with increasing indentation load.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , March 2009 , pp. 957 - 965
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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