Concepts and conflicts in nanoparticles reinforcement to polymers beyond hydrodynamics

Y Song, Q Zheng - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
With substantial progresses in reinforcement mechanism of nanoparticle filled polymers
(NPFPs) beyond the hydrodynamic limit, now is the time to reconsider this topic …

Theory and simulation studies of effective interactions, phase behavior and morphology in polymer nanocomposites

V Ganesan, A Jayaraman - Soft Matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer nanocomposites are a class of materials that consist of a polymer matrix filled with
inorganic/organic nanoscale additives that enhance the inherent macroscopic (mechanical …

Interface of grafted and ungrafted silica nanoparticles with a polystyrene matrix: Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations

TVM Ndoro, E Voyiatzis, A Ghanbari… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of a composite consisting of an ungrafted or a
grafted spherical silica nanoparticle embedded in a melt of 20-monomer atactic polystyrene …

Computational modeling and simulation of nanoparticle self-assembly in polymeric systems: Structures, properties and external field effects

LT Yan, XM **e - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Self-assembly of nanoscale particles, such as nanospheres, nanorods, and nanotubes, in
polymer systems is one of the most prominent and promising candidates for the …

Polymer/nanoparticle interactions: bridging the gap

YN Pandey, GJ Papakonstantopoulos… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Materials created by dispersing nanoparticles in a polymer matrix strive to meet the promise
of enhanced and often unique properties at a reduced cost. The availability of structure …

Polymer conformations in polymer nanocomposites containing spherical nanoparticles

A Karatrantos, N Clarke, RJ Composto, KI Winey - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigate the effect of various spherical nanoparticles on chain dimensions in polymer
melts for high nanoparticle loading which is larger than the percolation threshold, using …

Insights into nanomechanical and nanotribological characterization of cross-linked polymer nanocomposites via molecular dynamics simulation

QU Ain, MF Wani, R Sehgal, MK Singh - Tribology International, 2024 - Elsevier
Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) representing the cutting-edge domain of research have
been exploited through indentation with experimentation and simulation. However …

Structure and dynamics of a polymer–nanoparticle composite: Effect of nanoparticle size and volume fraction

V Sorichetti, V Hugouvieux, W Kob - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
We use molecular dynamics simulations to study a semidilute, unentangled polymer solution
containing well-dispersed, weakly attractive nanoparticles (NP) of size (σ N) smaller than the …

Entanglements in polymer nanocomposites containing spherical nanoparticles

A Karatrantos, N Clarke, RJ Composto, KI Winey - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigate the polymer packing around nanoparticles and polymer/nanoparticle
topological constraints (entanglements) in nanocomposites containing spherical …

Influence of surface grafted polymers on the polymer dynamics in a silica–polystyrene nanocomposite: a coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation

A Ghanbari, M Rahimi, J Dehghany - The Journal of Physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Performing coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, the local dynamics of free and
grafted polystyrene chains surrounding a spherical silica nanoparticle has been …