Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polypropylene and Talcum Nanocomposite

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Molecular modeling techniques were applied to predicting binding energy for PP/talc and PP-MAH/talc. A supercell containing talc and two polymer chains of 25 repeating units length was constructed. The COMPASS forcefield has been used to represent the interactions in the nanocomposite system. The interactions are improved between the polymer and the clay in the presence of functional groups. And the total energy and potential energy between PP and the talc decreases almost linearly with the simulation time.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 466-467)

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161-164

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February 2012

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