Multiscale Analysis of Polymer Nanocomposites
A special issue of Journal of Composites Science (ISSN 2504-477X). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 15167
Special Issue Editors
2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, Phenikaa University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Interests: nano-reinforced materials; mechanical properties; surface effect; probabilistic model; interphase–interface; molecular dynamics; finite element; numerical analysis; stochastic modeling
Interests: nanofluids; nanoparticles-synthesis and applications; nanoclay; enhanced oil recovery methods; polymer nanocomposites; asphalt materials recycling
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Dear Colleagues,
Polymer nanocomposites are heterogeneous materials, exhibiting novel multi-physical phenomena that are linked to interactions at the smallest scales. These interactions cause significant alterations of the local physical properties – in particular, of the matrix phase (for instance, transition and/or modification of phase, specific conformation, modification of the degree of crystallinity for an organic polymer matrix, etc.). For such nano-reinforced materials, interactions at small scales (between nanofillers and the matrix, or between different nanofillers) are no longer negligible and must be interpreted and modeled in a multi-scale framework.
This Special Issue is aimed at gathering and presenting the latest researchs and developments in multiscale analysis for polymer nanocomposites, especially from a computational standpoint. Computational modeling approaches to characterizing the physical behavior of polymer nanocomposites, such as Molecular dynamics, and the coupling with continuum approach, are welcome. Based on the various computational analyses, we expect that the effects of interphase property, nano filler size dependency, nano filler distribution, nano filler aggregation, and nano filler morphology, etc, could be further explored on the macroscopic material properties and phenomenological mechanisms.
Dr. Tien-Thinh Le
Dr. Goshtasp Cheraghian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Polymer nanocomposites
- Multiscale modeling
- Micromechanics
- Numerical simulation
- Computational techniques
- Finite element
- Molecular dynamics
- Interphase – Interface
- Interphase property
- Nanofiller distribution
- Nanofiller size dependency
- Nanofiller morphology
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