Nanoparticle size and surface chemistry effects on mechanical and physical properties of nano-reinforced polymers: The case of PVDF-Fe3O4 nano-composites

FSN Oliva, M Sahihi, L Lenglet, A Ospina, E Guenin… - Polymer Testing, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, PVDF-Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticle (NP) nanocomposite films were produced
using the electrospinning method. We investigated the effect of NP size on the film's …

Postbuckling analysis of hydrostatic pressurized FGM microsized shells including strain gradient and stress-driven nonlocal effects

X Yang, S Sahmani, B Safaei - Engineering with Computers, 2021 - Springer
Herein, with the aid of the newly proposed theory of nonlocal strain gradient elasticity, the
size-dependent nonlinear buckling and postbuckling behavior of microsized shells made of …

A coupled MD-FE methodology to characterize mechanical interphases in polymeric nanocomposites

M Ries, G Possart, P Steinmann, S Pfaller - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This contribution introduces an unconventional procedure to characterize spatial profiles of
elastic and inelastic properties inside polymer interphases around nanoparticles …

The effect of silica particle size on the mechanical enhancement of polymer nanocomposites

E Kontou, A Christopoulos, P Koralli, DE Mouzakis - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the present work, SiO2micro/nanocomposites based on poly-lactic acid (PLA) and an
epoxy resin were prepared and experimentally studied. The silica particles were of varying …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the impact of filler size and filler content on the stiffness, strength, and toughness of polymer nanocomposites using coarse-grained molecular …

F Weber, V Dötschel, P Steinmann, S Pfaller… - Engineering Fracture …, 2024 - Elsevier
Their great versatility makes polymer nanocomposites an important class of engineering
materials. In order to gain detailed insights into the nanoscale mechanisms underlying their …

[HTML][HTML] A quantitative interphase model for polymer nanocomposites: Verification, validation, and consequences regarding size effects

M Ries, F Weber, G Possart, P Steinmann… - Composites Part A …, 2022 - Elsevier
The enhanced mechanical behavior of polymer nanocomposites with spherical filler
particles is attributed to the formation of matrix-filler interphases. The nano-scale leads to …

The influence of incorporation of silica and carbon nanoparticles on the mechanical properties of hybrid glass fiber reinforced epoxy

M Megahed, AA Megahed… - Journal of Industrial …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Recently, the study of hybrid nanocomposites has attracted much attention because they are
highly expected for being used in many applications. In this context, there is an insisting …

Effect of sizes of vinyl modified narrow-dispersed silica cross-linker on the mechanical properties of acrylamide based hydrogel

MR Karim, M Harun-Ur-Rashid, AB Imran - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Polymeric hydrogel with the incorporation of nano to submicro-meter sized materials forms
an exhilarating new generation of composite hydrogels. Most of the applications of …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of nanoparticle softness on the interfacial dynamics of a model polymer nanocomposite

Y Zhu, A Giuntoli, W Zhang, Z Lin, S Keten… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The introduction of soft organic nanoparticles (NPs) into polymer melts has recently
expanded the material design space for polymer nanocomposites, compared to traditional …

Comparison between the Mori-Tanaka and generalized self-consistent methods in the framework of anti-plane strain inclusion problem in strain gradient elasticity

S Lurie, Y Solyaev, K Shramko - Mechanics of Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present paper, two different averaging schemes are compared in the framework of the
anti-plane inclusion problem of the strain gradient elasticity. Effective longitudinal shear …