Polymer nanocomposites are polymer matrix composites in which the fillers are less than
100 nm in at least one dimension. These composites have exhibited extraordinarily …

Immobilized polymer fractions have been claimed to be of vital importance for sol–gel
transitions generally observed in nanoparticle dispersions but remain a matter of debate …

The effect of core− shell polymer-coated nanoparticles on block copolymer morphology is
investigated systematically by controlling particle positioning within a block copolymer …

Recently, it has become evident that the magnitude of the glass transition (T g)‐confinement
effect depends strongly on the polymer repeat unit and that the magnitude of the physical …

Nanoparticles in polymer films have shown the tendency to migrate to the substrate due to
an entropic-based attractive depletion interaction between the particles and the substrate. It …

Polymer-tethered nanoparticles provide a strategy to improve particle dispersion in polymer
nanocomposites and as materials themselves can exhibit self-healing behavior and …

A simple strategy to tailor the surface of nanoparticles for their specific adsorption to and
localization at block copolymer interfaces was explored. Gold nanoparticles coated by a …

Advances in nanoparticle synthesis, self-assembly, and surface coating or patterning have
enabled a diverse array of applications ranging from photonic and phononic crystal …

Nanoparticles are known to affect the physical properties of bulk polymer materials. Here,
we report the ability of metal nanoparticles, tailored with chemically matched short polymer …

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 …