It is well recognized that nanocomposites formed by adding nanoparticles to polymers can
have significantly enhanced properties relative to the native polymer. This review focuses on …

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 …

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 …

Over the past three decades, the combination of inorganic-nanoparticles and organic-
polymers has led to a wide variety of advanced materials, including 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 …

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

Molecular dynamics simulations were used to delineate the separation dependent forces
between two polymer-grafted nanoparticles in a polymer melt, the associated potential of …

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 …