Effect of particle size and grafting density on the mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites

Polymer

Volumn 54, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5222-5229

  Chao, Huikuan ^a   Riggleman, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Molecular simulation; Polymer nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; STRAIN HARDENING;

COARSE GRAINED MODELS; GRAFTED NANOPARTICLES; INORGANIC PARTICLES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NANOCOMPOSITE SYSTEMS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; STRAIN-HARDENING MODULUS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84881615932     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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