Multiscale simulations of polymer-matrix nanocomposites
Abstract
A multiscale simulation strategy has been designed and developed for polymer-matrix nanocomposites. The first and most detailed level is the atomistic one, where both nanoparticles and polymer chains are represented in terms of detailed atomistic force fields. Molecular Dynamics simulations are undertaken in order to study local structure and dynamics of the polymer matrix close to the nanoparticles. At the second level, each repeat unit of the polymer is mapped onto a single superatom and powerful connectivity-altering Monte Carlo moves are used in order to fully equilibrate the systems. Well-equilibrated starting configurations for atomistic Molecular Dynamics are obtained through reverse mapping. At the third level, polymer chains are represented as freely jointed sequences of Kuhn segments and equilibrated via Monte Carlo with polymer-polymer interactions obtained from a functional of local density inspired by polymer mean field theory. Finally, at the last level of modeling, a the ...
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