Picu R.C. – TechConnect Briefs

Enhanced Structure at the Interface Between the Polymer Matrix and Spherical Nanoparticles in Polymer Based Nanocomposites

Picu R.C., Ozmusul M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US

The effect of a curved solid wall on the conformations of long, flexible polymer chains is studied in a dense polymer system by means of lattice Monte Carlo simulations. The differences with respect to the [...]

Atomic-Level Description of Stress in Dense Polymeric Systems

Picu R.C., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US

A new framework is being developed to describe stress production and relaxation in dnse polymeric systems. Stress is traditionally defined on the molecular scale, with the chaines being regarded as entropic springs. In this view, [...]