Percolation of high-density polymer regions in nanocomposites: The underlying property for mechanical reinforcement

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 139, Issue 14, 2013, Pages

  Padmanabhan, Venkat ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-DENSITY REGIONS; INDUCED ADSORPTION; INTERFACIAL ZONES; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR ORIGINS; PERCOLATED NETWORK; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; REINFORCEMENT; SOLVENTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84903369197     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4824765     Document Type: Article

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