Surface wrinkling: a versatile platform for measuring thin‐film properties

JY Chung, AJ Nolte, CM Stafford - Advanced materials, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Surface instabilities in soft matter have been the subject of increasingly innovative research
aimed at better understanding the physics of their formation and their utility in patterning …

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 …

Production and characterization of hybrid nanofiber wound dressing containing Centella asiatica coated silver nanoparticles by mutual electrospinning method

O Bozkaya, E Arat, ZG Gök, M Yiğitoğlu… - European Polymer …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to produce a therapeutic and antimicrobial nanofiber wound dressing
material with suitable air permeability, water vapor transmission, water absorption, porosity …

A microscopic model for the reinforcement and the nonlinear behavior of filled elastomers and thermoplastic elastomers (Payne and Mullins effects)

S Merabia, P Sotta, DR Long - Macromolecules, 2008‏ - ACS Publications
We extend a model regarding the reinforcement of nanofilled elastomers and thermoplastic
elastomers. The model is then solved by numerical simulations on mesoscale. This model is …

Role of free volume characteristics of polymer matrix in bulk physical properties of polymer nanocomposites: A review of positron annihilation lifetime studies

SK Sharma, PK Pujari - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Polymer nanocomposites which have one or more nano-dimensional phases dispersed in
polymer matrix show enhancement in bulk physical properties. In order to achieve the …

Nanocomposites of PLA containing ZnO nanofibers made by solvent cast 3D printing: Production and characterization

RC Nonato, LHI Mei, BC Bonse, EF Chinaglia… - European Polymer …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
PLA nanocomposites containing 1 wt% ZnO nanofibers have been prepared by solvent-cast
3D printing. The ZnO nanofibers were produced by electrospinning and dispersed in PLA by …

Densification and depression in glass transition temperature in polystyrene thin films

G Vignaud, M S. Chebil, JK Bal, N Delorme, T Beuvier… - Langmuir, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Ellipsometry and X-ray reflectivity were used to characterize the mass density and the glass
transition temperature of supported polystyrene (PS) thin films as a function of their …

Surface wrinkling in liquid crystal elastomers

A Agrawal, P Luchette, P Palffy-Muhoray, SL Biswal… - Soft Matter, 2012‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Structured surfaces give rise to novel and potentially useful properties such as controllable
wettability and structural colour. Here, we demonstrate structured surfaces via reversible …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteriostatic and cytotoxic properties of composite material based on ZnO nanoparticles in PLGA obtained by low temperature method

DE Burmistrov, AV Simakin, VV Smirnova, OV Uvarov… - Polymers, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
A low-temperature technology was developed for producing a nanocomposite based on
poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs), synthesized by laser …

Effect of nanoscale confinement on the glass transition temperature of free‐standing polymer films: Novel, self‐referencing fluorescence method

S Kim, CB Roth, JM Torkelson - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
The effect of nanoscale confinement on the glass transition temperature, Tg, of freely
standing polystyrene (PS) films was determined using the temperature dependence of a …