A new mechanism for the silica nanoparticle dispersion-agglomeration transition in a poly(methyl methacrylate)/silica hybrid suspension

Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 342-348

  Tadano, Tsuyoshi ^a   Zhu, Rui ^b   Muroga, Yoshio ^b   Hoshi, Toru ^b   Sasaki, Daisuke ^b   Yano, Shoichiro ^b   Sawaguchi, Takashi ^b  

^a Daini Seiko sha   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depletion aggregation; Dispersionagglomeration transition; Entanglement agglomeration; Molecular weight dependence; Poly(methyl methacrylate); Silica nanoparticle; Suspension

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ESTERS; NANOPARTICLES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; CRITICAL MOLECULAR WEIGHT; DISPERSIONAGGLOMERATION TRANSITION; NANOPARTICLE AGGLOMERATIONS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; WEIGHT-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 84901982551     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2014.6     Document Type: Article

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