Filler reinforcement in cross-linked elastomer nanocomposites: Insights from fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulation

Soft Matter

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 5402-5419

  Pavlov, Alexander S ^a   Khalatur, Pavel G ^b  

^a TVER STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTOMERS; FILLERS; GLASS; GRAPH THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PLASTICS; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYPROPYLENES; SILICA; SOLS; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPANSION; TOPOLOGY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; COARSE-GRAINED SYSTEMS; CROSS-LINKED ELASTOMERS; EMBEDDED NANOPARTICLES; LARGE-SCALE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENT; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 84975318335     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00543h     Document Type: Article

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