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Polymer nanocomposite
About: Polymer nanocomposite is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 8977 publications have been published within this topic receiving 297599 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, a simple compounding technique for the fabrication of polymer nanocomposites with single-walled carbon nanotubes having exceptional alignment and improved mechanical properties is described.
Abstract: A simple compounding technique for the fabrication of polymer nanocomposites with single-walled carbon nanotubes having exceptional alignment and improved mechanical properties' is described. The aligned-nanotube composite was prepared by dissolving single-walled carbon nanotubes in a solution of thermoplastic polyurethane and tetrahydrofuran. Solvent-polymer interactions that induce the orientation of soft chain segments during the swelling and moisture curing stage are believed to serve as a driving force for the macroscopic alignment of the carbon nanotubes.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the mechanical property enhancement of polyaniline (PANI) intercalated with montmorillonite (MMT) clay and found that the MMT-PANI nanocomposites displayed improved mechanical properties compared to the neat polymer or clay.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a combined theory-experiment analysis of adsorbing polymer mediated structural reorganization of silica nanoparticles in equilibrated and miscible poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PTHF) nanocomposites is presented.
Abstract: A combined theory−experiment analysis of adsorbing polymer mediated structural reorganization of silica nanoparticles in equilibrated and miscible poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PTHF) nanocomposites is presented. Quantitative comparison of microscopic liquid state theory calculations with small-angle X-ray scattering experiments demonstrate the theoretical approach properly accounts for the effects of adsorbed polymer layers on nanoparticle concentration fluctuations over all length scales for a wide range of volume fractions and interfacial cohesion strengths. The mixture total packing fraction is increased as particles are added to the polymer melt in order to account for equation-of-state effects which are important at very high filler loadings. A distinctive microphase separation like peak in the collective polymer structure factor is predicted. Nanoparticle potential of mean force calculations suggest a criterion for the onset of depletion or bridging induced kinetic gelation whi...
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TL;DR: In this article, uniform elongated morphology paraelectric SrTiO3 nanowires fillers were synthesized via a special stirring hydrothermal method, which achieved an enhanced discharged energy density of 8.8
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13 Nov 1987TL;DR: A particulate polymer composition comprising core/shell polymer particles in a size range between 2 and 15 micrometers, and having a core with a refractive index close to, but not identical with, that of a matrix polymer and an outer shell compatible with the matrix polymer, imparts light-diffusing properties to the matrix polymers without degrading its physical properties as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A particulate polymer composition comprising core/shell polymer particles in a size range between 2 and 15 micrometers, and having a core with a refractive index close to, but not identical with, that of a matrix polymer and an outer shell compatible with the matrix polymer, imparts light-diffusing properties to the matrix polymer without degrading its physical properties
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