Douglas, J.
, Betancourt, B.
, Vargas-Lara, F.
, Starr, F.
and Zhang, W.
(2019),
The Interfacial Zone Around Nanoparticles in Polymer Nanocomposites, International Conference on Composites or Nano Engineering , Grenada,
(Accessed September 11, 2024)
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The Interfacial Zone Around Nanoparticles in Polymer Nanocomposites
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Author(s)
, Beatriz Betancourt, Fernando Vargas-Lara, Francis W. Starr, Wengang Zhang
Abstract
We perform coarse-grained simulations of model nanoparticles having a diameter on the order of 10 nm in an unentangled polymer matrix in the limit of low nanoparticle concentration to understand how the presence of nanoparticles alter the segmental mobility in the interfacial zone about these particles. The scale of the interfacial zone is found to be on the order of a few nms, regardless of the polymer-nanoparticle interaction strength, and the scale grows modestly upon progressive cooling.Conference Dates
July 14-20, 2019
Conference Location
Grenada,
Conference Title
International Conference on Composites or Nano Engineering
Pub Type
Conferences
Keywords
interfacial zone, nanocomposite, nanoparticle, polymer melt, molecular dynamics
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Created September 2, 2019, Updated April 24, 2020