Molecular dynamics of epoxy nanocomposites filled with core–shell and hollow nanosilica architectures
Molecular dynamics of epoxy nanocomposites filled with core–shell and hollow nanosilica architectures
Here we contrast the molecular dynamics of epoxy nanocomposites filled with three different types of silica-based nanoparticles with different architectures, namely solid core, core–shell and hollow and with varying degree of crystallinity. The samples are characterised by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, broadband dielectric spectroscopy and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). Widely known relaxations such as α, β, γ, normal mode and interfacial polarisation are observed and discussed. An additional relaxation named omega (ω) is also observed, whose dielectric strength is inversely correlated to the crystallinity of the nanoparticles. We suggest that this may be attributed to the polarizing interaction of the hydroxyl groups of silanols with the hydroxy ether groups of the polymer chain. The ω is absent in DMA confirming it as a polarisation phenomenon. At lower concentration of silanols, the ω largely overlaps with β, effectively becoming an integral part of it. Finally, two interfacial polarisation relaxations are observed in the case of core–shell structures, originating from the core–shell and shell–polymer interface but, due to the similar real permittivity values of the core, shell and the polymer, their dielectric strength is weak.
Dielectric Spectroscopy, Core-Shell Nanoparticle, Hollow Nanoparticle, Omega Relaxation, Molecular Relaxation
21020–21038
Chaudhary, Sunny
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Vryonis, Orestis
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Vaughan, Alun
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Andritsch, Thomas
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1 December 2022
Chaudhary, Sunny
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Vryonis, Orestis
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Vaughan, Alun
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Andritsch, Thomas
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Chaudhary, Sunny, Vryonis, Orestis, Vaughan, Alun and Andritsch, Thomas
(2022)
Molecular dynamics of epoxy nanocomposites filled with core–shell and hollow nanosilica architectures.
Journal of Materials Science, 57, .
(doi:10.1007/s10853-022-07938-7).
Abstract
Here we contrast the molecular dynamics of epoxy nanocomposites filled with three different types of silica-based nanoparticles with different architectures, namely solid core, core–shell and hollow and with varying degree of crystallinity. The samples are characterised by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, broadband dielectric spectroscopy and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). Widely known relaxations such as α, β, γ, normal mode and interfacial polarisation are observed and discussed. An additional relaxation named omega (ω) is also observed, whose dielectric strength is inversely correlated to the crystallinity of the nanoparticles. We suggest that this may be attributed to the polarizing interaction of the hydroxyl groups of silanols with the hydroxy ether groups of the polymer chain. The ω is absent in DMA confirming it as a polarisation phenomenon. At lower concentration of silanols, the ω largely overlaps with β, effectively becoming an integral part of it. Finally, two interfacial polarisation relaxations are observed in the case of core–shell structures, originating from the core–shell and shell–polymer interface but, due to the similar real permittivity values of the core, shell and the polymer, their dielectric strength is weak.
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Molecular dynamics of epoxy nanocomposites filled with core–shell and hollow nanosilica architectures
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Accepted/In Press date: 4 November 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 22 November 2022
Published date: 1 December 2022
Keywords:
Dielectric Spectroscopy, Core-Shell Nanoparticle, Hollow Nanoparticle, Omega Relaxation, Molecular Relaxation
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/476360
ISSN: 0022-2461
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Sunny Chaudhary
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Alun Vaughan
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Thomas Andritsch
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