Challenges and opportunities of polymer nanodielectrics for capacitive energy storage

G Zhang, Q Li, E Allahyarov, Y Li… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
With the modern development of power electrification, polymer nanocomposite dielectrics
(or nanodielectrics) have attracted significant research attention. The idea is to combine the …

Polymer-guided assembly of inorganic nanoparticles

C Yi, Y Yang, B Liu, J He, Z Nie - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles is of great importance in realizing their
enormous potentials for broad applications due to the advanced collective properties of …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Are Polymer Nanocomposites Practical for Applications?

SK Kumar, BC Benicewicz, RA Vaia, KI Winey - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
The field of polymer nanocomposites has been at the forefront of research in the polymer
community for the past few decades. Foundational work published in Macromolecules …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Brushes: Novel Surfaces for Future Materials

WL Chen, R Cordero, H Tran, CK Ober - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Polymer brushes have become a significant focus of polymer research with the need for
straightforward and versatile surface modification. With the development of controlled radical …

Intrinsic polymer dielectrics for high energy density and low loss electric energy storage

J Wei, L Zhu - Progress in polymer science, 2020 - Elsevier
High energy density, high temperature, and low loss polymer dielectrics are highly desirable
for electric energy storage applications such as film capacitors in the power electronics of …

Chemical adsorption on 2D dielectric nanosheets for matrix free nanocomposites with ultrahigh electrical energy storage

J Chen, Z Shen, Q Kang, X Qian, S Li, P Jiang… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Relaxor ferroelectric polymers display great potential in capacitor dielectric applications
because of their excellent flexibility, light weight, and high dielectric constant. However, their …

Polymer-based materials for achieving high energy density film capacitors

B Fan, M Zhou, C Zhang, D He, J Bai - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Film capacitors with high energy storage are becoming particularly important with the
development of advanced electronic and electrical power systems. Polymer-based materials …

Brush-modified materials: Control of molecular architecture, assembly behavior, properties and applications

J Yan, MR Bockstaller, K Matyjaszewski - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent progress in surface-initiated polymerization enables the deliberate polymer
modification of nanoscopic surfaces with high levels of precision. This has given rise to the …

Interfacial Polarization-Induced Loss Mechanisms in Polypropylene/BaTiO3 Nanocomposite Dielectrics

G Zhang, D Brannum, D Dong, L Tang… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Polymer/inorganic particle nanocomposites (or nanodielectrics) have attracted pronounced
attention for electric energy storage applications, based on a hypothesis that polymer …

Structure of polymer-grafted nanoparticle melts

J Midya, M Rubinstein, SK Kumar, A Nikoubashman - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
The structure of neat melts of polymer-grafted nanoparticles (GNPs) is studied via coarse-
grained molecular dynamics simulations. We systematically vary the degree of …