Issue 16, 2011

A theoretical model for the prediction of diffusion in polymer/SWCNT nanocomposites

Abstract

A theory is developed for polymer/SWCNT nanocomposite systems which follows the reptation theory modified to account for the effect of the surface monomer contacts. Its prediction compare well with the experimental polymer diffusion for SWCNT concentrations below the percolation threshold. Furthermore, the theory predicts the effects of matrix molecular weight, diameter of SWCNT, and different type of nanoparticles (spheres) on the polymer tracer diffusion.

Graphical abstract: A theoretical model for the prediction of diffusion in polymer/SWCNT nanocomposites

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Mar 2011
Accepted
27 May 2011
First published
01 Jul 2011

Soft Matter, 2011,7, 7334-7341

A theoretical model for the prediction of diffusion in polymer/SWCNT nanocomposites

A. Karatrantos and N. Clarke, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 7334 DOI: 10.1039/C1SM05494E

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