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PUBLICATIONS

Structure and Dynamics of a Simulated Nano-Filled Polymer Melt

Published

Author(s)

Francis W. Starr, T B. Schroeder, S C. Glotzer

Abstract

To aid in the understanding and development o nano-filled polymer materials, we perform molecular dynamics simulations of an idealized filled polymer melt to probe the effects of a nanoscopic filler particle on the local melt structure and dynamics. We show that the glass transition temperature of the melt can be shifted to either higher or lower temperatures by appropriately tuning the interactions between polymer and filer. The polmer dynamics close to the filler surface reflect thsi change in the bulk glass transition.
Citation
Nature
Volume
64
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

carbon black, filled polymers, glass transition, molecular dynamics, nanoscopic, simulations

Citation

Starr, F. , Schroeder, T. and Glotzer, S. (2001), Structure and Dynamics of a Simulated Nano-Filled Polymer Melt, Nature (Accessed October 26, 2025)

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Created August 1, 2001, Updated February 17, 2017
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