English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Zendy Plus

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Zendy Tools

Zendy Open

Using Monte Carlo simulations, we investigate the self-assembly of modelnanoparticles inside a matrix of model equilibrium polymers (or matrix ofWormlike micelles) as a function of the polymeric matrix density and theexcluded volume parameter between polymers and nanoparticles. In this paper, weshow morphological transitions in the system architecture via synergisticself-assembly of nanoparticles and the equilibrium polymers. In a synergisticself-assembly, the resulting morphology of the system is a result of theinteraction between both nanoparticles and the polymers, unlike the polymertemplating method. We report the morphological transition of nanoparticleaggregates from percolating network-like structures to non-percolating clustersas a result of the change in the excluded volume parameter betweennanoparticles and polymeric chains. In parallel with the change in theself-assembled structures of nanoparticles, the matrix of equilibrium polymersalso shows a transition from a dispersed state to a percolating network-likestructure formed by the clusters of polymeric chains. We show that the shapeanisotropy of the nanoparticle clusters formed is governed by the polymericdensity resulting in rod-like, sheet-like or other anisotropic nanoclusters. Itis also shown that the pore shape and the pore size of the porous network ofnanoparticles can be changed by changing the minimum approaching distancebetween nanoparticles and polymers. We provide a theoretical understanding ofwhy various nanostructures with very different morphologies are obtained.

Heirarchical and synergistic self-assembly in composites of model  Wormlike micellar-polymers and nanoparticles results in nanostructures with  diverse morphologies