Multiblock copolymers represent a fascinating class of materials that sits at the very heart of
industrial applications and fundamental polymer science. They are most often made of a …

In a nano‐assembly of soft polymer chains and hard filler nanoparticles (NPs), the
intermolecular interactions at the polymer‐filler interface lead to variations in viscoelastic …

The effect of cyclic straining on stress softening/hysteresis and structural evolution silica
filled deuterated silicone rubber (SFdSR) during cyclic deformation has been investigated. In …

The addition of nanoparticles (NPs) to polymers is a powerful method to improve the
mechanical and other properties of macromolecular materials. Such hybrid polymer–particle …

Two different classes of hairy self-suspended nanoparticles in the melt state, polymer-
grafted nanoparticles (GNPs) and star polymers, are shown to display universal dynamic …

We study the slowing down of polymer dynamics in canonical nanocomposites made of
strongly interacting mixtures of poly-2-vinyl pyridine and silica nanoparticles (radius R= 7±2 …

Fundamental understanding of the macroscopic properties of polymer nanocomposites
(PNCs) remains difficult due to the complex interplay of microscopic dynamics and structure …

The addition of nanofillers to rubber matrices is a powerful route to improve the mechanical
properties. Here, we focus on a molecular understanding of basic mechanisms that are …

Herein, the desorption of the adsorbed chains (including two regions of flattened chains and
loosely adsorbed chains) was examined by monitoring the chain exchange kinetics between …

Polymers with dynamic (transient) bonds, often called associating polymers, have been
attracting significant attention in recent years due to their unique viscoelastic properties, self …