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Intrinsic mechanical behaviour of femoral cortical bone in young, osteoporotic and bisphosphonatetreated individuals in low - and high energy fracture conditions

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Researchers use Linkam’s Modular Force Stage (MFS) to investigate treatments for osteoporosis in fractures of femoral bones.

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Zimmermann, E., Schaible, E., Gludovatz, B. et al. Intrinsic mechanical behavior of femoral cortical bone in young, osteoporotic and bisphosphonate-treated individuals in low- and high energy fracture conditions. Sci Rep 6, 21072 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21072

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Inorganic Nanotube Mesophases Enable Strong Self-Healing Fibers

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Using Linkam’s Modular Force Stage (MFS), a team of researchers at Imperial College London, UK added geo-inspired double-walled nanotubes to a polymer matrix in order to improve the tensile properties.

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Inorganic Nanotube Mesophases Enable Strong Self-Healing Fibers Won Jun Lee, Erwan Paineau, David Benbow Anthony, Yulin Gao, Hannah Siobhan Leese, Stéphan Rouzière, Pascale Launois, and Milo Sebastian Peter Shaffer* ACS Nano 2020, 14, 5, 5570–5580 Publication Date:April 7, 202

Synchrotron X-ray scattering study on amorphous poly(ethylene furanoate) under uniaxial deformation

Researchers combine the mechanical testing and temperature control capabilities of Linkam’s mechanical testing system with x-ray scattering techniques (WAXS/SAXS) to elucidate the crystallisation and deformation induced orientation as a function of stress-strain behaviour and temperature.

Stretching-Induced Uniform Micropores Formation: An in Situ SAXS/WAXS Study

By stretching lamellar polymer films at various temperatures, researchers were able to prepare microporous membranes. They performed SAXS/WAXS characterisation on the stretched samples, and for the first time clarifying the fibre connecting bridges that form when the composite is stretch at raised temperatures. Read how Linkam’s mechanical testing system was key to this research.

In-situ synchrotron SAXS and WAXS investigations on deformation and α–β transformation of uniaxial stretched poly(vinylidene fluoride)

Read how Linkam’s mechanical testing system was used to study the crystalline structure evolution of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) during tensile deformation at 60 °C, 140 °C and 160 °C, i.e. between the glass transition temperature (Tg) and the melting temperature (Tm), was investigated by in-situ synchrotron SAXS and WAXS techniques.