Glass transition and polymer dynamics in silver/poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1514-1525

  Pandis, Ch ^a   Logakis, E ^a   Kyritsis, A ^a   Pissis, P ^a   Vodnik, V V ^b   Dzunuzovic E ^c   Nedeljkovic J M ^b   Djokovic V ^b   Rodriguez Hernandez J C ^d   Gomez Ribelles J L ^d,e,f  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^f BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Free volume; Glass transition; Polymer dynamics; Segmental relaxation

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; BROADBAND DIELECTRIC RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY; FILLER CONTENTS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; MEAN DIAMETER; METHYL METHACRYLATES; OLEYLAMINE; PMMA MATRICES; POLYMER DYNAMICS; POLYMER-FILLER- INTERACTION; RUBBERY STATE; SEGMENTAL RELAXATION; SURFACE-MODIFIED; THERMALLY STIMULATED DEPOLARIZATION CURRENTS; TIME-SCALES;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ESTERS; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; GLASS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; SILVER; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 79961173420     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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