Origin of Small-Angle Scattering from Contrast-Matched Nanoparticles: A Study of Chain and Filler Structure in Polymer Nanocomposites

Macromolecules

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 6596-6605

  Banc, Amélie ^a   Genix, Anne Caroline ^a   Dupas, Christelle ^a   Sztucki, Michael ^b   Schweins, Ralf ^c   Appavou, Marie Sousai ^d   Oberdisse, Julian ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; FILLERS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; SILICA; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; POLYETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER NANOPARTICLES; RADIUS OF GYRATION; SCATTERING CONTRAST; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

FILLED POLYMERS;

EID: 84942155096     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01424     Document Type: Article

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