Quantitative characterization and modeling strategy of nanoparticle dispersion in polymer composites

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 523-533

  Chang, Chia Jung ^a   Xu, Lijuan ^b   Huang, Qiang ^b   Shi, Jianjun ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical modeling; inhomogeneous Poisson random field; Nanoparticle dispersion

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; HIERARCHICAL MODELING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELING STRATEGY; NANO SCALE; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NANO-SILICA; POLYMER COMPOSITE; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RANDOM FIELDS; RESEARCH STRATEGY; SAMPLE COLLECTION; TEM IMAGES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCOMPOSITES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84860449515     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2011.588995     Document Type: Article

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