Network dynamics in nanofilled polymers

Guilhem P. Baeza; Claudia Dessi; Salvatore Costanzo; Dan Zhao; Shushan Gong; Angel Alegria; Ralph H. Colby; Michael Rubinstein; Dimitris Vlassopoulos; Sanat K. Kumar

doi:10.1038/ncomms11368

Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

Affiliations

Guilhem P. Baeza: Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser
Claudia Dessi: Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser
Salvatore Costanzo: Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser
Dan Zhao: Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
Shushan Gong: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Angel Alegria: Departamento de Física de Materiales y Centro de Física de Materiales CSIC-UPV/EHU, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU
Ralph H. Colby: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Michael Rubinstein: Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina
Dimitris Vlassopoulos: Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser
Sanat K. Kumar: Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11368
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The mixture of nanoparticles and polymers can dramatically alter the dynamics of the resulting system, but the detail is still under debate. Here, Baeza et al. show the formation of a percolated network by polymer bridging between adjacent nanoparticles as nanoparticle concentration increases.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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