Glass transition and structural properties of glycidyloxypropyl-heptaphenyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-epoxy nanocomposites: A molecular simulation study

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 461-467

  Lin, Po Han ^a   Khare, Rajesh ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Epoxy; Glass transition; Molecular simulation; Nanocomposite; Particle aggregation; Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane

Indexed keywords

CROSS-LINKED NETWORKS; CROSSLINKER; EPOXY; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; EPOXY NETWORK; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; MONOFUNCTIONAL; NANOFILLER; NANOPARTICLE LOADINGS; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; POWER ENERGY; SIMULATION RESULT; VOLUME THERMAL EXPANSIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSLINKING; GLASS; MODEL STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPANSION;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 78049479927     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-010-0982-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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