%0 Journal Article %1 C3SM27651A %A Karatrantos, Argyrios %A Clarke, Nigel %A Composto, Russell J. %A Winey, Karen I. %D 2013 %I The Royal Society of Chemistry %J Soft Matter %K DPD Entanglement_length Nanoparticle %N 14 %P 3877-3884 %R 10.1039/C3SM27651A %T Topological entanglement length in polymer melts and nanocomposites by a DPD polymer model %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3SM27651A %V 9 %X We investigate the topological constraints (entanglements) in polymer-nanorod nanocomposites in comparison to polymer melts using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) polymer model simulations. The nanorods have a radius smaller than the polymer radius of gyration and an aspect ratio of 7.5. We observe an increase in the number of entanglements (50% decrease of Ne with 11% volume fraction of nanorods dispersed in the polymer matrix) in the nanocomposites as evidenced by larger contour lengths of the primitive paths. The end-to-end distance is essentially unchanged with the nanorod volume fraction (0-11%). Interaction between polymers and nanorods affects the dispersion of nanorods in the nanocomposites.

@article{C3SM27651A, abstract = {We investigate the topological constraints (entanglements) in polymer-nanorod nanocomposites in comparison to polymer melts using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) polymer model simulations. The nanorods have a radius smaller than the polymer radius of gyration and an aspect ratio of 7.5. We observe an increase in the number of entanglements (50% decrease of Ne with 11% volume fraction of nanorods dispersed in the polymer matrix) in the nanocomposites as evidenced by larger contour lengths of the primitive paths. The end-to-end distance is essentially unchanged with the nanorod volume fraction (0-11%). Interaction between polymers and nanorods affects the dispersion of nanorods in the nanocomposites.}, added-at = {2013-03-25T15:30:17.000+0100}, author = {Karatrantos, Argyrios and Clarke, Nigel and Composto, Russell J. and Winey, Karen I.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/238054e714fb54959b36d3a930b1168b6/m.langeloth}, doi = {10.1039/C3SM27651A}, interhash = {3f8a21c219ec8c3e2d7735383b7c4872}, intrahash = {38054e714fb54959b36d3a930b1168b6}, journal = {Soft Matter}, keywords = {DPD Entanglement_length Nanoparticle}, number = 14, pages = {3877-3884}, publisher = {The Royal Society of Chemistry}, timestamp = {2013-03-25T15:31:52.000+0100}, title = {Topological entanglement length in polymer melts and nanocomposites by a DPD polymer model}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3SM27651A}, volume = 9, year = 2013 }