Challenges for implementing polymer gels in defense applications

Joseph L. Lenhart; Randy A. Mrozek; Kenneth R. Shull; Kathryn J. Otim

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-4238-7_16

Challenges for implementing polymer gels in defense applications

Joseph L. Lenhart^*, Randy A. Mrozek, Kenneth R. Shull, Kathryn J. Otim

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Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Polymer gels are soft, lightly crosslinked polymers that are highly swollen with solvent. The gel properties can be tuned by manipulating the polymer and solvent chemistry, solvent loading, polymer and solvent chain architecture, and the incorporation of various fillers and additives. This tunability provides broad utility in military applications including electronic devices, sensors, robotics, multi-functional textiles, responsive coatings, combat medical care, and tissue surrogates for ballistic testing. While potentially useful, a number of challenges can hinder gel utility for the Army. This paper describes recent efforts that offer promise to overcome these obstacles, including improving operational temperature performance and gel toughness.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Dynamic Behavior of Materials - Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Pages	125-133
Number of pages	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4238-7_16
State	Published - 2013
Event	2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics - Costa Mesa, CA, United States Duration: Jun 11 2012 → Jun 14 2012

Publication series

Name	Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	2191-5644
ISSN (Electronic)	2191-5652

Other

Other	2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Country/Territory	United States
City	Costa Mesa, CA
Period	6/11/12 → 6/14/12

Funding

K. Otim was funded by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the National Physical Sciences Consortium Fellowship program. R. A. Mrozek was funded at ARL through a contract with the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Engineering (ORISE). Certain commercial equipment and materials are identified in this paper in order to specify adequately the experimental procedure. In no case does such identification imply recommendations by the Army Research Laboratory nor does it imply that the material or equipment identified is necessarily the best available for this purpose.

Keywords

Gelatin
Polymer gel
Toughness

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering
Computational Mechanics
Mechanical Engineering

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Lenhart, J. L., Mrozek, R. A., Shull, K. R., & Otim, K. J. (2013). Challenges for implementing polymer gels in defense applications. In Dynamic Behavior of Materials - Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics (pp. 125-133). (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series; Vol. 1). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4238-7_16

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Lenhart, JL, Mrozek, RA, Shull, KR & Otim, KJ 2013, Challenges for implementing polymer gels in defense applications. in Dynamic Behavior of Materials - Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, vol. 1, pp. 125-133, 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Costa Mesa, CA, United States, 6/11/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4238-7_16

Challenges for implementing polymer gels in defense applications. / Lenhart, Joseph L.; Mrozek, Randy A.; Shull, Kenneth R. et al.
Dynamic Behavior of Materials - Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics. 2013. p. 125-133 (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series; Vol. 1).

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