Understanding the relationship of performance with nanofiller content in the biomimetic layered nanocomposites

J Wang, Q Cheng, L Lin, L Chen, L Jiang - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Montmorillonite/poly (vinyl alcohol)(MMT/PVA) nanocomposites spanning the complete
range of MMT content (0–100 wt%) are prepared by simple evaporation-induced assembly …

Mechanical properties and delivery of drug/probiotics from starch and non‐starch based novel bigels: A comparative study

B Behera, SS Sagiri, VK Singh, K Pal, A Anis - Starch‐Stärke, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The current study explores the properties of starch and non‐starch polysaccharides based
bigels containing sunflower oil and their application in controlled delivery of metronidazole …

Scalable synthesis of self-assembling nanoparticle clusters based on controlled steric interactions

K Larson-Smith, DC Pozzo - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple one-pot method is presented for the synthesis of amphiphilic gold nanoparticles
that can spontaneously self-assemble into stable clusters with controllable geometry. The …

Structure of solvent-free grafted nanoparticles: Molecular dynamics and density-functional theory

A Chremos, AZ Panagiotopoulos, HY Yu… - The Journal of chemical …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
The structure of solvent-free oligomer-grafted nanoparticles has been investigated using
molecular dynamics simulations and density-functional theory. At low temperatures and …

A microscopic model for colloidal gels with directional effective interactions: network induced glassy dynamics

E Del Gado, W Kob - Soft Matter, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
By means of molecular dynamics simulations, we study the structure and the dynamics of a
microscopic model for colloidal gels at low volume fractions. The presence of directional …

Internal Microstructure Dictates Interactions of Polymer-grafted Nanoparticles in Solution

L Gury, S Kamble, D Parisi, J Zhang, J Lee… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Understanding the effects of polymer brush architecture on particle interactions in solution is
requisite to enable the development of functional materials based on self-assembled …

Scaling between structural relaxation and particle caging in a model colloidal gel

C De Michele, E Del Gado, D Leporini - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
In glassy dynamics, the rattling of particles in a cage formed by their neighbors is typically
limited to a length scale of the order of the particle diameter but is nevertheless strongly …

Effects of Polymer Molecular Weight on Structure and Dynamics of Colloid–Polymer Bridging Systems

MJ Gallegos, DD Soetrisno… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We investigate the effects of polymer molecular weight on the structure and dynamics of a
model colloid–polymer bridging system using confocal microscopy. Polymer-induced …

Solvent-driven interactions between hydrophobically-coated nanoparticles

S Hajiw, J Schmitt, M Impéror-Clerc, B Pansu - Soft matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Interaction between hydrophobically-coated gold nanoparticles suspended in oil is usually
described as the combination of strong attractive van der Waals attraction between the gold …

Confined polymer dynamics on clay platelets

X Frielinghaus, M Brodeck, O Holderer, H Frielinghaus - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
The structure and dynamics of poly (ethylene oxide) adsorbed on dispersed clay platelets
are investigated by small-angle neutron scattering and neutron spin-echo spectroscopy. The …