Miscibility of graphene and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA): Molecular dynamics and dissipative particle dynamics simulations

RSC Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 8298-8307

  Ju, Shin Pon ^a   Wang, Yao Chun ^a   Huang, Guan Jie ^a   Chang, Jia Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ESTERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; VOLUME FRACTION;

DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS SIMULATION; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; METHYL METHACRYLATES; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); POLYMER MATERIALS; POLYMER PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84881465994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra22879g     Document Type: Article

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