A molecular dynamics simulation study to investigate the effect of filler size on elastic properties of polymer nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 348-356

  Adnan, Ashfaq ^a   Sun, C T ^a   Mahfuz, Hassan ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nanostructures; A. Particle reinforced composites; A. Polymers; B. Molecular dynamics simulation; C. Elastic properties

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSIFICATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FULLERENES; INCLUSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLASTICS FILLERS; POLYETHYLENES; SIZE DETERMINATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

ATOMIC LEVEL; LENNARD-JONES NON-BONDED POTENTIAL; NANOPARTICLE-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; SOLID INCLUSIONS;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC PROPERTY; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER; TENSION; TESTING;

EID: 33845899957     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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