Effect of solvent quality on the dispersibility of polymer-grafted spherical nanoparticles in polymer solutions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Egorov, S A ^a   Binder, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUSH-COATED NANOPARTICLES; DISPERSIBILITIES; GRAFTED CHAINS; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; POLYMER-GRAFTED; POTENTIAL OF MEAN FORCE; RADIAL DENSITY PROFILE; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY; SINGLE NANOPARTICLE; SOLVENT CONDITIONS; SOLVENT QUALITY; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER MELTS; SOLVENTS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84866056696     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4747196     Document Type: Article

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