Molecular dynamics simulation of the electrical conductive network formation of polymer nanocomposites with polymer-grafted nanorods

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Bin Li ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
...  

Grafting chains on the surface of a filler is an effective strategy to tune and control the filler conductive network, which can be utilized to fabricate polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) with high electrical conductivity.

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Jun Liu ◽  
Youping Wu ◽  
Liqun Zhang ◽  
Zhao Wang ◽  
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pp. 1273-1281 ◽  
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Yangyang Gao ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
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Liqun Zhang ◽  
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pp. 757-766 ◽  
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Fanzhu Li ◽  
Huan Zhang ◽  
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Jun Liu ◽  
Yangyang Gao ◽  
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ABSTRACT It is very important to improve the electrical conductivity of polymer nanocomposites, which can widen their application. The effect of the nanofiller shape on the relationship between the nanofiller microstructure and the conductive probability of the nanofiller filled polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) has been investigated in detail by employing a coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation. Four kinds of nanofiller shapes are considered: rod filler, Y filler, X filler, and sphere filler. First, the mean square radius of gyration gradually decreases from rod filler, Y filler, X filler, to sphere filler, which reflects the highest aspect ratio for rod filler. Meanwhile, the dispersion state of the nanofiller is relatively uniform in the matrix. The conductive probability (denoted by the formation probability of the conductive network) is adopted to stand for the conductive property. The results show that the conductive probability gradually decreases from rod filler, Y filler, X filler, to sphere filler, which is attributed to their gradually decreased size. In summary, the nanofiller shape affects the electric conductive property of PNCs.


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