Grafting polymers to nanoparticle surfaces influences properties from the conformation of the
polymer chains to the dispersion and assembly of nanoparticles within a polymeric material …

This paper describes and provides Z1+, the successor of the Z-and Z1-codes for topological
analyses of mono-and polydisperse entangled linear polymeric systems, in the presence or …

The structure of neat melts of polymer-grafted nanoparticles (GNPs) is studied via coarse-
grained molecular dynamics simulations. We systematically vary the degree of …

Nanoparticle self-assembly technology has made great progress in the past 30 years. Many
kinds of self-assembly strategies of modifiable nanoparticles have been developed and …

A facile synthetic route toward silica brush particles with random and gradient copolymer
grafts comprised of n-butyl acrylate (BA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) using surface …

The linear elastic properties of isotropic materials of polymer tethered nanoparticles (NPs)
are evaluated using noncontact Brillouin light spectroscopy. While the mechanical …

Matrix-free assemblies of polymer-grafted nanoparticles (PGNs) enable mechanically robust
materials for a variety of structural, electronic, and optical applications. Recent quasi-static …

Matrix-free nanocomposites made from polymer-grafted nanoparticles (PGN) represent a
paradigm shift in materials science because they greatly improve nanoparticle dispersion …

Macromolecular architecture is a critical parameter in tuning polymer material properties.
Although the implementation of nonlinear polymers in different applications has grown over …

Dual-epoxide modification of α-zirconium phosphate (ZrP) nanoplatelets containing a
bromine initiator was performed for surface-initiated activators regenerated by electron …