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- Title
Nanocomposites: Softer at the boundary.
- Authors
Mayes, Anne M.
- Abstract
Examines the comparison between silica-filled polystyrene and thin polystyrene films that offers a new framework both for quantifying the typical shift in the glass-transition temperature and prospects for the design of new nanocomposites. Effect of polymer-particle interactions on glass-transition temperature; Schematic cross-section of a polymer thin-film on a substrate and a polymer nanocomposite; Equivalence between interparticle spacing and film thickness.
- Subjects
GLASS transition temperature; TRANSITION temperature; NANOSTRUCTURED materials; NANOTECHNOLOGY; HIGH technology; POLYSTYRENE
- Publication
Nature Materials, 2005, Vol 4, Issue 9, p651
- ISSN
1476-1122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nmat1470