Free-radical-induced grafting from plasma polymer surfaces

F Khelifa, S Ershov, Y Habibi, R Snyders… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
With the advances in science and engineering in the second part of the 20th century,
emerging plasma-based technologies continuously find increasing applications in the …

[HTML][HTML] Silica nanoparticles self-assembly process in polymer composites: Towards advanced materials

B Di Credico, E Manzini, L Viganò, C Canevali… - Ceramics …, 2023 - Elsevier
The incorporation of silica nanoparticles (Si-NPs) into the polymer matrix is a growing area
of interest research to produce high-performance polymer nanocomposites (NCs) across a …

Ligand engineering of polymer nanocomposites: from the simple to the complex

Y Li, TM Krentz, L Wang, BC Benicewicz… - … applied materials & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
One key to optimizing the performance of polymer nanocomposites for high-tech
applications is surface ligand engineering of the nanofiller, which has been used to either …

Wetting–dewetting and dispersion–aggregation transitions are distinct for polymer grafted nanoparticles in chemically dissimilar polymer matrix

TB Martin, KIS Mongcopa, R Ashkar… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Simulations and experiments are conducted on mixtures containing polymer grafted
nanoparticles in a chemically distinct polymer matrix, where the graft and matrix polymers …

Strategy for the improvement of the mechanical properties of cellulose nanofiber-reinforced high-density polyethylene nanocomposites using diblock copolymer …

K Sakakibara, Y Moriki, H Yano… - ACS applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) hold great potential as sustainable reinforcement fillers with
excellent mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties. However, in polyolefin …

PMMA nanocomposites based on PMMA-grafted α-zirconium phosphate nanoplatelets

Z Zhu, CY Tsai, M Zhao, J Baker, HJ Sue - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Dual-epoxide modification of α-zirconium phosphate (ZrP) nanoplatelets containing a
bromine initiator was performed for surface-initiated activators regenerated by electron …

Modeling the morphology and phase behavior of one-component polymer-grafted nanoparticle systems

VV Ginzburg - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Polymer-grafted or “hairy” nanoparticles (HNP) represent an important and relatively new
class of materials. Traditionally, polymers or oligomers were grafted onto the particle (silica …

How thick is the polymer interphase in nanocomposites? Probing it by local stress anisotropy and gas solubility

E Voyiatzis, M Rahimi, F Müller-Plathe… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The influence of the inclusion of a silica nanoparticle on the spatial distribution of the local
stresses and the locally resolved excess Helmholtz free energy of sorption of small …

Deep learning potential of mean force between polymer grafted nanoparticles

SMB Gautham, TK Patra - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Grafting polymer chains on the surfaces of nanoparticles is a well-known route to control
their self-assembly and distribution in a polymer matrix. A wide variety of self-assembled …

Impact of Hydrogen Bonding Interactions on Graft–Matrix Wetting and Structure in Polymer Nanocomposites

A Kulshreshtha, KJ Modica, A Jayaraman - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
We present a new coarse-grained (CG) model that captures directional interactions between
graft and matrix polymer chains in polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) comprising polymer …