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method, namely, a nanofiller particle and surrounding it polymer matrix
layers separation, is widespread at a relationships derivation in microcom-
posite models.
FIGURE 6.10
The schematic images of Berkovich indentor and nanoindentation process.
It is obvious, that the Eq. (35) is inapplicable to nanosystems, since
y
→
0 assumes
K
T
→∞
that is physically incorrect. Therefore, the value
E
0
, obtained by the dependence
E
(
h
pl
) extrapolation (see Fig. 6.9) to
h
pl
=0,
should be accepted as E for nanosystems [49].