Issue 15, 2017

Tailoring single chain polymer nanoparticle thermo-mechanical behavior by cross-link density

Abstract

Single chain polymer nanoparticles (SCPNs) are formed from intrachain cross-linking of a single polymer chain, making SCPN distinct from other polymer nanoparticles for which the shape is predefined before polymerization. The degree of cross-linking in large part determines the internal architecture of the SCPNs and therefore their mechanical and thermomechanical properties. Here, we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study thermomechanical behavior of individual SCPNs with different underlying structures by varying the ratio of cross-linking and the degree of polymerization. We characterize the particles in terms of shape, structure, glass transition temperature, mobility, and stress response to compressive loading. The results indicate that the constituent monomers of SCPNs become less mobile as the degree of cross-linking is increased corresponding to lower diffusivity and higher stress at a given temperature.

Graphical abstract: Tailoring single chain polymer nanoparticle thermo-mechanical behavior by cross-link density

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Feb 2017
Accepted
20 Mar 2017
First published
20 Mar 2017

Soft Matter, 2017,13, 2808-2816

Tailoring single chain polymer nanoparticle thermo-mechanical behavior by cross-link density

S. Bae, O. Galant, C. E. Diesendruck and M. N. Silberstein, Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 2808 DOI: 10.1039/C7SM00360A

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