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Size Does Matter: Nanoparticles Microparticles

The document discusses how the size and properties of nanoparticles can impact the properties of nanocomposites. Smaller nanoparticle size increases surface area and decreases distance between particles, affecting mechanical, optical, and thermal properties. The glass transition temperature of polymer thin films can also decrease with the addition of nanoparticles like carbon nanotubes or clay due to increased slowly relaxing domains.

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Size Does Matter: Nanoparticles Microparticles

The document discusses how the size and properties of nanoparticles can impact the properties of nanocomposites. Smaller nanoparticle size increases surface area and decreases distance between particles, affecting mechanical, optical, and thermal properties. The glass transition temperature of polymer thin films can also decrease with the addition of nanoparticles like carbon nanotubes or clay due to increased slowly relaxing domains.

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Why Nanocomposites?

Size does matter


Increased surface area on
nanoparticles

Microparticles Nanoparticles
Why Nanocomposites?  Multi-functionality

• Small filler size:


– High surface to volume ratio
• Small distance between fillers  bulk interfacial material
– Mechanical Properties
• Increased ductility with no decrease of strength,
• Scratching resistance
– Optical properties
• Light transmission characteristics particle size dependent
Nanocomposite as a Multiscale System
– Macroscale composite
structures
– Clustering of nanoparticles -
micron scale
1 s - 1h

– Interface - affected zones -


several to tens of nanometers -
gradient of properties
10 -9 - 1 s

– Polymer chain immobilization


at particle surface is controlled
10 -12 s by electronic and atomic level
structure
The Glass transition temperature of nanocomposite thin films
- Background: The glass transition temperature of polymer thin films
from mmptdpublic.jsc.nasa.gov/jscnano/

Influence of
- i) single walled carbon nanotubes,
- (ii) C60 fullerenes (“buckyballs”) and
- (iii) mica-type layered silicate inorganic clays

on the Tg of thin polymer films in the nanometer thickness range

20-50
nm
P. F. Green et al, U Texas
Polymer coil Rg~2-20 nm
The Glass transition of Polymer thin film
nanocomposites

• C60, and carbon nanotubes 37

Film Thickness (nm)


have a similar effect 36

1 /3
 a 
Tg (h)  Tg 1     
35

  h   34

PS: =9 50 100 150


o
Temperature ( C)
200 250

Nanocomposite: =4 125

120
PS+5 wt% layered silicate clay
Decrease in  reflects the 115

increase in fraction of the 110

slowly relaxing domains 105


PS+1wt% layered silicate clay
100

The effect of nanoparticles is to 95


PS
increase the effective 90

fraction of slowly relaxing 85


0 50 100 150 200 250
domains in the sample
h (nm)

P. F. Green et al, U Texas

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