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A Blown Film Process to Disk‐Shaped Polymer Ellipsoids
Author(s) -
Hu Yongxing,
Ge Jianping,
Zhang Tierui,
Yin Yadong
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200801985
Subject(s) - materials science , process (computing) , core (optical fiber) , shell (structure) , spheres , ellipsoid , polymer , content (measure theory) , composite material , composite number , aspect ratio (aeronautics) , mechanical engineering , engineering drawing , computer science , physics , aerospace engineering , mathematics , engineering , mathematical analysis , astronomy , operating system
Spherical polymer structures are uniformly transformed into disk‐shaped structures by a blown film process. The aspect ratio of the disks can be conveniently controlled by the extent of blown film expansion. More complex structures such as flying saucers can be fabricated using this process by starting with core/shell composite spheres whose components have different mechanical properties.