Self-assembly of various building blocks has been considered as a powerful approach to
generate novel materials with tailorable structures and optimal properties. Understanding …

This topical review discusses the theoretical progress made in the field of polymer
nanocomposites, ie, hybrid materials created by mixing (typically inorganic) nanoparticles …

Molecular modeling and simulations are invaluable tools for the polymer science and
engineering community. These computational approaches enable predictions and provide …

A recurring challenge in the field of nanocomposites is to control the spatial distribution of
nanoparticles (NPs) in a polymer matrix. This issue is of critical importance since it is now …

Janus particles, colloid‐sized particles with two regions of different surface chemical
composition, possess energetic interactions that depend not only on their separation but …

It is a great challenge to fully understand the microscopic dispersion and aggregation of
nanoparticles (NPs) in polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) through experimental techniques …

Polymer nanocomposites are a class of materials that consist of a polymer matrix filled with
inorganic/organic nanoscale additives that enhance the inherent macroscopic (mechanical …

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 …

The mechanical and physical properties of polymeric materials originate from the interplay of
phenomena at different spatial and temporal scales. As such, it is necessary to adopt …

Significant progress towards the development of microscopic predictive theories of the
equilibrium structure, polymer-mediated interactions, and phase behavior of polymer …