Abstract
The mechanical behavior of nanoporous gold (npg) polymer composites is a broad and active area of research, in which the load carrying npg structure receives the major focus. In this study, we carried out micromechanics experiments to investigate two factors based on the interaction of the constituent phases within the composite structure: the interfacial behavior and the effect of the small ligament structure on the properties of the polymeric phase.
We present a strategy to analyze the interfacial behavior using planar model system, in which nanoindentation in line revealed the transitional local properties near to the interface. Furthermore, the interfacial strength was investigated by compression of columns
