dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Russell | |
dc.contributor.author | Park, Chul B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, P. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-01 19:48:41 (GMT) | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-01 19:48:41 (GMT) | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-10-14 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3493334 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/10300 | |
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The following article appeared in Journal of Chemical Physics 133 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org.proxy.lib.uwaterloo.ca/10.1063/1.3493334 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Self-consistent field theory is applied to investigate the effects of crystallized polymer nanoparticles
on polymer surface tension. It is predicted that the nanoparticles locate preferentially at the polymer
surface and significantly reduce the surface tension, in agreement with experiment. In addition to the
reduction of surface tension, the width of the polymer surface is found to narrow. The reduced width
and surface tension are due to the smaller spatial extent of the nanoparticles compared to the
polymer. This allows the interface to become less diffuse and so reduces the energies of interaction
at the surface, which lowers the surface tension. The solubility of the surrounding solvent phase into
the polymer melt is mostly unchanged, a very slight decrease being detectable. The solubility is
constant because away from the interface, the system is homogeneous and the replacement of
polymer with nanoparticles has little effect. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | AIP Publishing | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of Chemical Physics;133 | en |
dc.subject | Self-consistent field theory | en |
dc.subject | polymer | en |
dc.subject | surface tension | en |
dc.title | Reduction of polymer surface tension by crystallized polymer nanoparticles | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Thompson Russell, Park Chul and Chen P. (2010), Reduction of polymer surface tension by crystallized polymer nanoparticles, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 133. doi: 10.1063/1.3493334 | en |
uws.contributor.affiliation1 | Faculty of Science | en |
uws.contributor.affiliation2 | Physics and Astronomy | en |
uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |
uws.peerReviewStatus | Reviewed | en |
uws.scholarLevel | Faculty | en |