Characterization of polymer-silica nanocomposite particles with core-shell morphologies using monte carlo simulations and small angle X-ray scattering

Langmuir

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 8075-8089

  Balmer, Jennifer A ^a   Mykhaylyk, Oleksandr O ^a   Schmid, Andreas ^a   Armes, Steven P ^a   Fairclough, J Patrick A ^a   Ryan, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BET SURFACE AREA; COPOLYMER LATEX; CORE DIAMETERS; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CORE-SHELL; CORE-SHELL COLLOIDAL PARTICLES; CORE-SHELL MORPHOLOGIES; CORE-SHELL NANOCOMPOSITE PARTICLES; CORE-SHELL PARTICLE; EMULSION COPOLYMERIZATION; FITTING PARAMETERS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HELIUM PYCNOMETRY; HIGH-ELECTRON-DENSITY; IN-SITU; LENNARD-JONES INTERACTION; MODEL-BASED OPC; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; N-BUTYL ACRYLATE; NANO-COMPOSITE PARTICLE; PACKING DENSITY; SILICA PARTICLES; SILICA SHELL; SILICA SOLS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SPHERICAL COLLOIDAL PARTICLES; SPHERICAL SILICA; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; TWO-COMPONENT; VINYL POLYMER;

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; EMULSIFICATION; GLYCEROL; HELIUM; MONOLAYERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYMERS; SCATTERING; SILICA; STYRENE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; X RAY SCATTERING;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLY(N BUTYL ACRYLATE); POLY(N-BUTYL ACRYLATE); POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACRYLATES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOCOMPOSITES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79959783592     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la201319h     Document Type: Article

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