Fig. 3: SAXS analysis in situ stretching. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: SAXS analysis in situ stretching.

From: Borate driven heterogeneous networks for porous elastomers with improved tribological and mechanical performances

Fig. 3: SAXS analysis in situ stretching.

A 2D small-angle X-ray scattering patterns of S-PDMS, HN-PDMS@BA, and HNP-PDMS@BA under in situ stretching. The color gradient from blue to red indicates higher intensity levels. Each column corresponds to a different stretch level (0, 20, 40, 60, and 80%), and each row shows the scattering pattern for a specific polymer at the respective stretch levels. At 0% stretch, all three polymers exhibit symmetrical and concentrated scattering patterns. B1 Porod curves for the various samples. B2, B3, and B4 Guinier law analysis of small-angle X-ray scattering data for S-PDMS, HN-PDMS@BA, and HNP-PDMS@BA. Gyration radius (Rg) as a function of the stretching ratio for C S-PDMS, D HN-PDMS@BA, and E HNP-PDMS@BA. The intercepts are the Rg of the elastomer at 0% stretching after fitting. The error bars show the standard deviation of the mean, computed from the data of qRg < 1.

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