We have developed a simple model to quantify the role of curvature on the surface
composition of polymer–nanoparticle hybrids formed as a result of the adsorption of end …

In efforts to produce polymeric materials with tailored physical properties, significant interest
has grown around the ability to control the spatial organization of nanoparticles in polymer …

We investigate, using theory and simulations, the role of the short and long grafted chains in
polydisperse polymer grafted nanoparticles in stabilizing particle dispersion in a chemically …

The morphological structure of mixtures of homopolymers with inorganic nanoparticles, onto
which polymer chain ends are grafted, is described herein. In the bulk, at very low grafting …

Macroscopic properties of polymer nanocomposites depend on the microscopic composite
morphology of the constituent nanoparticles and polymer matrix. One way to control the …

We apply the microscopic polymer reference interaction site model integral equation theory
to study the structure and phase behavior of spherical nanoparticles with six symmetrically …

Grafting polymers to nanoparticle surfaces influences properties from the conformation of the
polymer chains to the dispersion and assembly of nanoparticles within a polymeric material …

An experimental approach is presented for identifying the scaling laws for polymer chains
grafted onto gold nanoparticles. Poly (ethylene oxide) of various molecular weights are …

We have studied the surface behavior of nanoparticles, which are lightly grafted with
polymer chains, when they are mixed with matrix chains of the same architecture as the …

Polymer-grafted nanoparticles are an important component of many classes of polymer
nanocomposites. Here, we review the structure of polymer brushes on spherical …