Karatrantos, A., Clarke, N., Composto, R.J. et al. (1 more author) (2014) Polymer conformations in polymer nanocomposites containing spherical nanoparticles. Soft Matter, 11 (2). 382 - 388. ISSN 1744-683X
Abstract
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 molecular dynamics simulations. We show that polymer chains are unperturbed by the presence of repulsive nanoparticles. In contrast polymer chains can be perturbed by the presence of attractive nanoparticles when the polymer radius of gyration is larger than the nanoparticle radius. At high nanoparticle loading, chains can be stretched and flattened by the nanoparticles, even oligomers can expand under the presence of attractive nanoparticles of very small size.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/5065373/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2015 12:28 |
Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2015 12:28 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4sm01980f |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1039/c4sm01980f |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:83939 |