{"id":{"repo_id":"uiuc","oai_identifier":"oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/82769"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/uiuc/oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/82769","repository":{"repo_id":"uiuc","name":"University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign","base_url":"https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh"},"display":{"title":"Molecular Theory of the Structure, Thermodynamics, and Miscibility of Polymer Nanocomposites","abstract":"\"For systems with finite &phis;, the many body entropic interactions substantially modify the structure of the system. At low epsilonpc, nanoparticle \"\"imprintation\"\" on the polymer matrix occurs, rearranging the particles and destroying much of the fine scale structure seen at &phis; ≈ 0. The sterically stabilized phases become attractive, with long-range, shallow attractive wells. As epsilonpc is increased, polymers binding tighter at particle surfaces, and the structural interactions creep toward the infinite dilution calculations. Novel effects are observed, including volume enhancement (for polymer coated nanoparticle spheres in the repulsive infinite dilution limit) and clustering (for nanoparticles in the bridging infinite dilution limit) structural features. Finally, the thermodynamic bulk modulus of the system is found to universally and monotonically decrease as &phis; is increased.\"","abstract_html":""For systems with finite &phis;, the many body entropic interactions substantially modify the structure of the system. At low epsilonpc, nanoparticle ""imprintation"" on the polymer matrix occurs, rearranging the particles and destroying much of the fine scale structure seen at &phis; ≈ 0. The sterically stabilized phases become attractive, with long-range, shallow attractive wells. As epsilonpc is increased, polymers binding tighter at particle surfaces, and the structural interactions creep toward the infinite dilution calculations. Novel effects are observed, including volume enhancement (for polymer coated nanoparticle spheres in the repulsive infinite dilution limit) and clustering (for nanoparticles in the bridging infinite dilution limit) structural features. Finally, the thermodynamic bulk modulus of the system is found to universally and monotonically decrease as &phis; is increased."","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Hooper, Justin B."],"institution":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Materials Science and Engineering","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Schweizer, Kenneth S."],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2015,"date_issued":"2015-09-25T20:52:56Z","date_published":"2015-09-25T20:52:56Z","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:26:18Z","subjects":["Engineering, Materials Science"],"languages":["eng"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["(MiAaPQ)AAI3199022"],"render_values":[{"text":"(MiAaPQ)AAI3199022","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2142/82769","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Schweizer, Kenneth S."]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Hooper, Justin B."]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2015-09-25T20:52:56Z","10000-01-01","2005"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Materials Science and Engineering"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Engineering, Materials Science"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["eng"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/82769","(MiAaPQ)AAI3199022"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["\"For systems with finite &phis;, the many body entropic interactions substantially modify the structure of the system. At low epsilonpc, nanoparticle \"\"imprintation\"\" on the polymer matrix occurs, rearranging the particles and destroying much of the fine scale structure seen at &phis; ≈ 0. The sterically stabilized phases become attractive, with long-range, shallow attractive wells. As epsilonpc is increased, polymers binding tighter at particle surfaces, and the structural interactions creep toward the infinite dilution calculations. Novel effects are observed, including volume enhancement (for polymer coated nanoparticle spheres in the repulsive infinite dilution limit) and clustering (for nanoparticles in the bridging infinite dilution limit) structural features. Finally, the thermodynamic bulk modulus of the system is found to universally and monotonically decrease as &phis; is increased.\"","Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T20:52:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3199022.pdf: 4120752 bytes, checksum: 0ebbdca0fd24b3f68883b437114b1d89 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005","Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 84050 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","U of I Only","175 p.","Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Molecular Theory of the Structure, Thermodynamics, and Miscibility of Polymer Nanocomposites"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Schweizer, Kenneth S."],"dc:creator":["Hooper, Justin B."],"dc:date":["2015-09-25T20:52:56Z","10000-01-01","2005"],"dc:description":["\"For systems with finite &phis;, the many body entropic interactions substantially modify the structure of the system. At low epsilonpc, nanoparticle \"\"imprintation\"\" on the polymer matrix occurs, rearranging the particles and destroying much of the fine scale structure seen at &phis; ≈ 0. The sterically stabilized phases become attractive, with long-range, shallow attractive wells. As epsilonpc is increased, polymers binding tighter at particle surfaces, and the structural interactions creep toward the infinite dilution calculations. Novel effects are observed, including volume enhancement (for polymer coated nanoparticle spheres in the repulsive infinite dilution limit) and clustering (for nanoparticles in the bridging infinite dilution limit) structural features. Finally, the thermodynamic bulk modulus of the system is found to universally and monotonically decrease as &phis; is increased.\"","Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T20:52:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3199022.pdf: 4120752 bytes, checksum: 0ebbdca0fd24b3f68883b437114b1d89 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005","Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 84050 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","U of I Only","175 p.","Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005."],"dc:identifier":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/82769","(MiAaPQ)AAI3199022"],"dc:language":["eng"],"dc:subject":["Engineering, Materials Science"],"dc:title":["Molecular Theory of the Structure, Thermodynamics, and Miscibility of Polymer Nanocomposites"],"dc:type":["text"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Materials Science and Engineering"],"thesis:degree_level":["Dissertation"],"thesis:degree_name":["Ph.D."],"thesis:institution_name":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:26:18Z"}