Pihan, Sascha Alexander: Surface and bulk properties of soft nanocomposites. 2011
Inhalt
- Abstract
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Fundamentals
- 2.1 Wetting & Dewetting of polymers at interfaces
- 2.2 Tailoring surface properties
- 2.3 Surface-initiated polymerization
- 2.4 Entropy controlled miscibility of brush coated nanoparticles in like homopolymers
- 3. Experimental Methods to Investigate Physical Properties of Composites and its Constituents
- 3.1 Classic methods
- 3.2 Methods to investigate thin films
- 3.3. Theory of cantilever mechanics
- 3.4. Inkjet printing of polymeric solutions
- 3.5. Finite Element Method (FEM) with ANSYS
- 4. PEMA-g-μgels and Dispersions with like Homopolymers
- 4.1 Preparation of PEMA matrix polymers
- 4.2 Cleaving of the grafted PEMA-chains
- 4.3 Characterization of the cleaved PEMA-chains
- 4.4 Characterization of individual particles
- 4.5 Characterization of dispersions of PEMA-g-μgels and homopolymers
- 4.6 GISAXS measurements
- 4.7 Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis
- 5. Nanowear in Nanocomposite reinforced Polymers
- 5.1 Nanowear due to constant applied normal forces
- 5.2 Quantification of nanowear for varying N/P ratios
- 5.3 Low molecular weight homopolymer blends
- 5.4. Blends with varying molecular weight
- 5.5 Reference experiments
- 6. Plasma Deposited Polymer Layers and their Effect on Surface Wear
- 7. Towards screening the mechanical properties of polymeric materials
- 7.1 Analyzing the Mechanical Properties and the Cross-link Density of Ionirradiated Polystyrene Surfaces from Rippling
- 7.2 Micromechanical Cantilever Sensors as a Tool to Characterize Polymer Films
- 7.3 Nanoparticle Monolayer Assembly on Silicon Cantilevers
- 8. Concluding Remarks and Outlook
- References
- Acknowledgements
- List of publications
- Oral presentations at international conferences
- Poster presentations at international conferences