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Semi-flexible polymer engendered aggregation/dispersion of fullerene (C60) nano-particles: An atomistic investigation

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Title Semi-flexible polymer engendered aggregation/dispersion of fullerene (C60) nano-particles: An atomistic investigation
 
Creator Kumar, Sunil
Pattanayek, Sudip K.
 
Subject Minerals and Mining
 
Description Semi-flexible polymer chain has been modelled by choosing various values of persistent length (stiffness). As the polymer chain stiffness increases, the shape of polymer chain changes from globule to extended cigar to toroid-like structure during cooling from a high temperature. The aggregation of fullerene nanoparticles is found to depend on the morphology of polymer chain. To maximize, the number of polymer bead-nanoparticle contacts, all nano-particle have positioned inside the polymer globule. To minimize, the energy penalty, due to bending of the polymer chain, all nano-particle have positioned on the surface of the polymer’s cigar and toroid morphology.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2018-04-17
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://eprints.nmlindia.org/7800/1/12_2018_CPL_Semi_flexible_polymer_engendered_aggregation_dispersion_of_fullerene.pdf
Kumar, Sunil and Pattanayek, Sudip K. (2018) Semi-flexible polymer engendered aggregation/dispersion of fullerene (C60) nano-particles: An atomistic investigation. Chemical Physics Letters, 701 (IF-1.686). pp. 22-29.
 
Relation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2018.04.035
http://eprints.nmlindia.org/7800/