Entropic Effects in Polymer Nanocomposites

Polymer nanocomposite materials, consisting of a polymer matrix embedded with nanoscale fillers or additives that reinforce the inherent properties of the matrix polymer, play a key role in many industrial applications. Understanding of the relation between thermodynamic interactions and macroscopic...

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Main Authors:	Xiaobin Dai, Cuiling Hou, Ziyang Xu, Ye Yang, Guolong Zhu, Pengyu Chen, Zihan Huang, Li-Tang Yan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:	Entropy
Subjects:	entropy nanocomposites thermodynamics nanostructure morphology
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/2/186

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spelling	doaj-90f89726ff4b4fc7ae9942fafd40f7672020-11-25T01:01:11ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002019-02-0121218610.3390/e21020186e21020186Entropic Effects in Polymer NanocompositesXiaobin Dai0Cuiling Hou1Ziyang Xu2Ye Yang3Guolong Zhu4Pengyu Chen5Zihan Huang6Li-Tang Yan7State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaPolymer nanocomposite materials, consisting of a polymer matrix embedded with nanoscale fillers or additives that reinforce the inherent properties of the matrix polymer, play a key role in many industrial applications. Understanding of the relation between thermodynamic interactions and macroscopic morphologies of the composites allow for the optimization of design and mechanical processing. This review article summarizes the recent advancement in various aspects of entropic effects in polymer nanocomposites, and highlights molecular methods used to perform numerical simulations, morphologies and phase behaviors of polymer matrices and fillers, and characteristic parameters that significantly correlate with entropic interactions in polymer nanocomposites. Experimental findings and insight obtained from theories and simulations are combined to understand how the entropic effects are turned into effective interparticle interactions that can be harnessed for tailoring nanostructures of polymer nanocomposites.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/2/186entropynanocompositesthermodynamicsnanostructuremorphology
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author	Xiaobin Dai Cuiling Hou Ziyang Xu Ye Yang Guolong Zhu Pengyu Chen Zihan Huang Li-Tang Yan
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title	Entropic Effects in Polymer Nanocomposites
title_short	Entropic Effects in Polymer Nanocomposites
title_full	Entropic Effects in Polymer Nanocomposites
title_fullStr	Entropic Effects in Polymer Nanocomposites
title_full_unstemmed	Entropic Effects in Polymer Nanocomposites
title_sort	entropic effects in polymer nanocomposites
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Entropy
issn	1099-4300
publishDate	2019-02-01
description	Polymer nanocomposite materials, consisting of a polymer matrix embedded with nanoscale fillers or additives that reinforce the inherent properties of the matrix polymer, play a key role in many industrial applications. Understanding of the relation between thermodynamic interactions and macroscopic morphologies of the composites allow for the optimization of design and mechanical processing. This review article summarizes the recent advancement in various aspects of entropic effects in polymer nanocomposites, and highlights molecular methods used to perform numerical simulations, morphologies and phase behaviors of polymer matrices and fillers, and characteristic parameters that significantly correlate with entropic interactions in polymer nanocomposites. Experimental findings and insight obtained from theories and simulations are combined to understand how the entropic effects are turned into effective interparticle interactions that can be harnessed for tailoring nanostructures of polymer nanocomposites.
topic	entropy nanocomposites thermodynamics nanostructure morphology
url	https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/2/186
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Entropic Effects in Polymer Nanocomposites

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