Theories and simulations of polymer-based nanocomposites: From chain statistics to reinforcement

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 683-731

  Allegra, Giuseppe ^a   Raos, Guido ^a   Vacatello, Michele ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interfacial phenomena; Molecular dynamics; Monte Carlo; Polymer theory; Rubber reinforcement; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; GLASS TRANSITION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MECHANICS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTORESISTS; POLYMER BLENDS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REINFORCEMENT; SEPARATION; SPECIAL EFFECTS; SPEED; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL (DF); DEPLETION INTERACTIONS; EQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (EMD); FILLED POLYMERS; HOMOPOLYMER MELT; MODEL SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MOLECULAR ORIGINS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); PAYNE EFFECTS; PLANAR SURFACES; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER DYNAMICS; POLYMER NANO-COMPOSITES; REALISTIC MODELING; SPECIAL EMPHASIS; SPHERICAL(PIVOT); TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31); VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 48449087085     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2008.02.003     Document Type: Review

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