Multiscale mechanical characterization of hybrid Ti/PMMA layered materials
Metal surfaces coated with organic layers are innovative materials with high potential for many industrial applications.
To overcome the limitations due to the generally poor adhesion between these two components,
polymers covalently anchored onto the substrate (‘grafted’ polymers) have been proposed as adhesives interlayers.
Their mechanical properties, however, strongly affect their performances and thus have to be characterized
at different scales. In this paper we report the mechanical characterization of thick poly(methyl methacrylate)