Nanoparticle networks reduce the flammability of polymer nanocomposites

Nanoparticle networks reduce the flammability of polymer nanocomposites.

Synthetic polymeric materials are rapidly replacing more traditional inorganic materials, such as metals, and natural polymeric materials, such as wood. As these synthetic materials are flammable, they require modifications to decrease their flammability through the addition of flame-retardant compounds. Environmental regulation has restricted the use of some halogenated flame-retardant additiv...

Multiscale Modeling of Covalently Grafted Nanoparticle/polymer Nanocomposites

Polymer Combustion and Flammability-role of the Condensed Phase*

The combustion process of polymers is a complex coupling of energy feedback from a flame to the polymer surface with gasification of the polymer to generate combustible degradation products. Although there are extensive studies of the effects of wind velocity, gas phase oxygen concentration, external thermal radiation, and gravity on the combustion of polymers, the effects of polyruer character...

Dynamics at the Polymer / Nanoparticle Interface in Poly ( 2 - vinylpyridine ) Nanocomposites

Submitted for the MAR14 Meeting of The American Physical Society Dynamics at the Polymer/Nanoparticle Interface in Poly(2vinylpyridine) Nanocomposites ADAM HOLT, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, VERA BOCHAROVA, Oak Ridge National Lab, PHILIP GRIFFIN, ALEXANDER AGAPROV, ADAM IMEL, MARK DADMUN, JOSHUA SANGORO, ALEXEI SOKOLOV, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville — The intriguing thermodynamic properties of ...

Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites

Materials science continues to occupy a central place in our lives primarily through the design and creation of new materials, and our quality of life has improved over time thanks to the discovery of new materials. Major milestones in the advancement of our society are intimately associated with materials throughout history: the stone age, bronze age, iron age, steel age (industrial revolution...