Does plastic deformation proceed near thermodynamic equilibrium? The case made for shear-strained lamellar diblock copolymers

• Published in: Journal of applied physics Vol. 85; no. 9; pp. 6392 - 6399
• Main Authors: Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf, Doris, Winey, Karen I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.1999

Observations on kink bands in lamellar diblock copolymers (SEP 40–70), caused by unidirectional or oscillatory shear strain, are interpreted in terms of the low-energy structure (LES) hypothesis, to wit: “In a material subject to mechanical stresses, that structure will be approached which has the l...