Structure and dynamics of a polymer-nanoparticle composite: Effect of nanoparticle size and volume fraction

Valerio Sorichetti, Virginie Hugouvieux, Walter Kob

We use molecular dynamics simulations to study a semidilute, unentangled polymer solution containing well dispersed, weakly attractive nanoparticles (NP) of size (${\sigma }_N$) smaller th…