Nanoinclusions in polymer brushes with explicit solvent - A molecular dynamics investigation

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-58

  Yaneva, J ^a   Dimitrov, D I ^b   Milchev, A ^a,c   Binder, K ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colloids; Molecular dynamics (MD); Nanoinclusions; Polymer brush

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BEAD-SPRING MODELS; CONSTANT PRESSURES; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSIVITIES; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; EXPLICIT SOLVENTS; FLEXIBLE POLYMER CHAINS; GRAFTING DENSITIES; HARD SPHERES; MEAN DENSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO INCLUSION; NANO-SIZED; NANOINCLUSIONS; PARAMETER VARIATION; PARTICLE PENETRATION DEPTH; POLYMER BRUSH; POLYMER BRUSHES; SOLID SUBSTRATES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; DYNAMICS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS;

BRUSHES;

NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 65849414242     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.03.062     Document Type: Article

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