Morphology and molecular dynamics investigation of PDMS adsorbed on titania nanoparticles: Effects of polymer molecular weight

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-80

  Klonos, Panagiotis ^a   Dapei, Giorgia ^a   Sulym, Iryna Ya ^b   Zidropoulos, Spilios ^a   Sternik, Dariusz ^c   Deryło Marczewska, Anna ^c   Borysenko, Mykola V ^b   Gun'Ko, Vladimir M ^b   Kyritsis, Apostolos ^a   Pissis, Polycarpos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Core shell particles; Dielectric spectroscopy; Glass transition; Interfacial dynamics; Rigid amorphous fraction; Titania polydimethylsiloxane nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CHAINS; DESORPTION; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; FILLED POLYMERS; GAS ADSORPTION; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MICROCHANNELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; POLYMERS; SILICONES; SPECIFIC HEAT; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; CORE SHELL PARTICLES; INTERFACIAL DYNAMICS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RIGID-AMORPHOUS FRACTION; TITANIA; TITANIA NANO-PARTICLES;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84947279081     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2015.11.010     Document Type: Article

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