A New Self-Consistent Field Model of Polymer/Nanoparticle Mixture
Zhang, BK; Tian, WD (reprint author), Soochow Univ, Coll Phys Optoelect & Energy, Ctr Soft Condensed Matter Phys & Interdisciplinar, Suzhou 215006, Peoples R China.; Tian, WD (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Kavli Inst Theoret Phys China, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China.; Chen, K; Li, HS; Li, J; Tian, WD
刊名SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2016
卷号6页码:20355
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep20355
英文摘要Field-theoretical method is efficient in predicting assembling structures of polymeric systems. However, it's challenging to generalize this method to study the polymer/nanoparticle mixture due to its multi-scale nature. Here, we develop a new field-based model which unifies the nanoparticle description with the polymer field within the self-consistent field theory. Instead of being "ensemble-averaged" continuous distribution, the particle density in the final morphology can represent individual particles located at preferred positions. The discreteness of particle density allows our model to properly address the polymer-particle interface and the excluded-volume interaction. We use this model to study the simplest system of nanoparticles immersed in the dense homopolymer solution. The flexibility of tuning the interfacial details allows our model to capture the rich phenomena such as bridging aggregation and depletion attraction. Insights are obtained on the enthalpic and/or entropic origin of the structural variation due to the competition between depletion and interfacial interaction. This approach is readily extendable to the study of more complex polymer-based nanocomposites or biology-related systems, such as dendrimer/drug encapsulation and membrane/particle assembly.
学科主题Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种英语
内容类型期刊论文
源URL[http://ir.itp.ac.cn/handle/311006/21789]  
专题理论物理研究所_理论物理所1978-2010年知识产出
通讯作者Tian, WD (reprint author), Soochow Univ, Coll Phys Optoelect & Energy, Ctr Soft Condensed Matter Phys & Interdisciplinar, Suzhou 215006, Peoples R China.; Tian, WD (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Kavli Inst Theoret Phys China, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China.; Chen, K
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Zhang, BK,Tian, WD ,Tian, WD ,et al. A New Self-Consistent Field Model of Polymer/Nanoparticle Mixture[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2016,6:20355.
APA Zhang, BK.,Tian, WD .,Tian, WD .,Chen, K.,Li, HS.,...&Tian, WD.(2016).A New Self-Consistent Field Model of Polymer/Nanoparticle Mixture.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,6,20355.
MLA Zhang, BK,et al."A New Self-Consistent Field Model of Polymer/Nanoparticle Mixture".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 6(2016):20355.
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