Influence of nanorod inclusions on structure and primitive path network of polymer nanocomposites at equilibrium and under deformation

Macromolecules

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1034-1045

  Toepperwein, Gregory N ^a   Karayiannis, Nikos Ch ^b   Riggleman, Robert A ^c   Kröger, Martin ^d   De Pablo, Juan J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE SYSTEMS; ENTANGLEMENT ANALYSIS; ENTANGLEMENT NETWORKS; ENTANGLEMENT STATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO; NANOCOMPOSITE SYSTEMS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PRIMITIVE PATH; PRIMITIVE PATH ANALYSIS; SIMULATION RESULT; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TOPOLOGICAL ALGORITHMS; TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; UNIAXIAL DEFORMATION;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; INCLUSIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

POLYMER MELTS;

EID: 79951600117     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma102741r     Document Type: Article

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