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Phantom Chain Simulations of Realistically Sized Polymer‐Based Nanocomposites
Author(s) -
Vacatello Michele
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
macromolecular theory and simulations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-3919
pISSN - 1022-1344
DOI - 10.1002/mats.200500068
Subject(s) - imaging phantom , chain (unit) , polymer , nanoparticle , materials science , transient (computer programming) , nanocomposite , single chain , characterization (materials science) , molecular dynamics , computer science , nanotechnology , physics , composite material , optics , quantum mechanics , astronomy , antibody , biology , operating system , immunology
Summary: Phantom chain MC simulations have been performed for realistically sized systems of polymer chains filled with solid nanoparticles. The results of the simulations and simple theoretical considerations are used to rationalize a number of parameters relevant to the characterization of these systems. Even when the average number of nanoparticles in contact with a chain is very small (much less than unity), the nanoparticles are nodes of highly interconnected transient networks bridged by the polymer chains.