PMID- 24283329 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20141001 LR - 20140115 IS - 1365-2818 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2720 (Linking) VI - 253 IP - 2 DP - 2014 Feb TI - Atomic force microscopic study of the structure of high-density polyethylene deformed in liquid medium by crazing mechanism. PG - 151-60 LID - 10.1111/jmi.12104 [doi] AB - A procedure has been developed for the direct atomic force microscopic (AFM) examination of the native structure of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) deformed in an adsorption-active liquid medium (AALM) by the crazing mechanism. The AFM investigation has been carried out in the presence of a liquid medium under conditions preventing deformed films from shrinkage. Deformation of HDPE in AALM has been shown to proceed through the delocalized crazing mechanism and result in the development of a fibrillar-porous structure. The structural parameters of the crazed polymer have been determined. The obtained AFM images demonstrate a nanosized nonuniformity of the deformation and enable one to observe the structural rearrangements that take place in the deformed polymer after removal of the liquid medium and stress relaxation. A structural similarity has been revealed between HDPE deformed in the AALM and hard elastic polymers. CI - (c) 2013 The Authors Journal of Microscopy (c) 2013 Royal Microscopical Society. FAU - Bagrov, D V AU - Bagrov DV AD - Faculty of Chemistry, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Yarysheva, A Y AU - Yarysheva AY FAU - Rukhlya, E G AU - Rukhlya EG FAU - Yarysheva, L M AU - Yarysheva LM FAU - Volynskii, A L AU - Volynskii AL FAU - Bakeev, N F AU - Bakeev NF LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131127 PL - England TA - J Microsc JT - Journal of microscopy JID - 0204522 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Atomic force microscopy OT - crazing OT - fibrillar-porous structure of high-density polyethylene OT - high-density polyethylene EDAT- 2013/11/29 06:00 MHDA- 2013/11/29 06:01 CRDT- 2013/11/29 06:00 PHST- 2013/04/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/11/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/11/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/11/29 06:01 [medline] AID - 10.1111/jmi.12104 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Microsc. 2014 Feb;253(2):151-60. doi: 10.1111/jmi.12104. Epub 2013 Nov 27.