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Multiscale Simulation of Branched Nanofillers on Young’s Modulus of Polymer Nanocomposites
Nanoscale tailoring the filler morphology in experiment offers new opportunities to modulate the mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites. Based on the conventical rod and experimentally available tetrapod filler, I compare the nanofiller dispersion and elastic moduli of these two kinds of na...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6401818/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30961292 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10121368 |
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description | Nanoscale tailoring the filler morphology in experiment offers new opportunities to modulate the mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites. Based on the conventical rod and experimentally available tetrapod filler, I compare the nanofiller dispersion and elastic moduli of these two kinds of nanocomposites via molecular dynamics simulation and a lattice spring model. The results show that the tetrapod has better dispersion than the rod, which is facilitate forming the percolation network and thus benefitting the mechanical reinforcement. The elastic modulus of tetrapod filled nanocomposites is much higher than those filled with rod, and the modulus disparity strongly depends on the aspect ratio of fillers and particle-polymer interaction, which agrees well with experimental results. From the stress distribution analysis on single particles, it is concluded that the mechanical disparity between bare rod and tetrapod filled composites is due to the effective stress transfer in the polymer/tetrapod composites. |
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spelling | pubmed-64018182019-04-02 Multiscale Simulation of Branched Nanofillers on Young’s Modulus of Polymer Nanocomposites Deng, Shengwei Polymers (Basel) Article Nanoscale tailoring the filler morphology in experiment offers new opportunities to modulate the mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites. Based on the conventical rod and experimentally available tetrapod filler, I compare the nanofiller dispersion and elastic moduli of these two kinds of nanocomposites via molecular dynamics simulation and a lattice spring model. The results show that the tetrapod has better dispersion than the rod, which is facilitate forming the percolation network and thus benefitting the mechanical reinforcement. The elastic modulus of tetrapod filled nanocomposites is much higher than those filled with rod, and the modulus disparity strongly depends on the aspect ratio of fillers and particle-polymer interaction, which agrees well with experimental results. From the stress distribution analysis on single particles, it is concluded that the mechanical disparity between bare rod and tetrapod filled composites is due to the effective stress transfer in the polymer/tetrapod composites. MDPI 2018-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6401818/ /pubmed/30961292 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10121368 Text en © 2018 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Deng, Shengwei Multiscale Simulation of Branched Nanofillers on Young’s Modulus of Polymer Nanocomposites |
title | Multiscale Simulation of Branched Nanofillers on Young’s Modulus of Polymer Nanocomposites |
title_full | Multiscale Simulation of Branched Nanofillers on Young’s Modulus of Polymer Nanocomposites |
title_fullStr | Multiscale Simulation of Branched Nanofillers on Young’s Modulus of Polymer Nanocomposites |
title_full_unstemmed | Multiscale Simulation of Branched Nanofillers on Young’s Modulus of Polymer Nanocomposites |
title_short | Multiscale Simulation of Branched Nanofillers on Young’s Modulus of Polymer Nanocomposites |
title_sort | multiscale simulation of branched nanofillers on young’s modulus of polymer nanocomposites |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6401818/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30961292 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10121368 |
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