Effect of chain stiffness on nanoparticle segregation in polymer/nanoparticle blends near a substrate

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-105

  Padmanabhan, Venkat ^a   Frischknecht, Amalie L ^b   MacKay, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

melts; molecular dynamics simulations; nanoparticles; stiffness; thin films

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTIVE FORCE; ATTRACTIVE SYSTEMS; CHAIN STIFFNESS; DEPLETION INTERACTIONS; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; MELTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; REPULSIVE FORCES; REPULSIVE SYSTEMS; WELL-DISPERSED;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMER MELTS; STIFFNESS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84856699436     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: 15213919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.201100048     Document Type: Article

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