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Interface Effects on the Viscoelastic Properties of PDMS/SiO2 Particle-Reinforced Nanocomposites

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ASME
DOI: 10.1115/1.4055235

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PDMS; SiO2 particle-reinforced nanocomposites; viscoelastic properties; interface effects; interphase region; multiscale simulations

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  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFA0207800]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [12072011]

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This study investigates the interface effects on the viscoelastic properties of PDMS/SiO2 nanocomposites using a multiscale model. The molecular dynamics (MD) model of the interface at the nanoscale and the unit cell model of the nanocomposites at the mesoscale were combined to establish the model. The results show that the interface region has different viscoelastic properties compared to the pure PDMS matrix and bulk SiO2. The unit cell model demonstrates that the dynamic shear moduli of the nanocomposites can be significantly improved by the interface effects. This study reveals the mechanism of how interface effects enhance the viscoelastic properties of PDMS/SiO2 nanocomposites and can contribute to the design of nanocomposites with high stiffness and damping properties.
Polydimethylsiloxane/silica (PDMS/SiO2) particle-reinforced nanocomposites prepared at the present study are typical viscoelastic materials. Due to the high surface-to-volume ratio of the SiO2 nanoparticles, the interface effects on the overall properties of the nanocomposites cannot be ignored. In order to investigate the interface effects on the viscoelastic properties of the nanocomposites, a multiscale model is established in the present study, combining the molecular dynamics (MD) model of the interface at the nanoscale and the unit cell model of the nanocomposites at the mesoscale. In the MD model of the interface, the viscoelastic properties of the interphase region influenced by the interface are found to be different from that of the pure PDMS matrix and the bulk SiO2. Because the polymer chains subject to different restrictions existing in the interphase region, this region can possess high stiffness and damping properties simultaneously. The interphase parameters can be determined by the inverse multiscale simulation method, taking advantage of both the numerical model and the experimental results. Due to the interface effects, as demonstrated by the unit cell model, the dynamic shear moduli of the nanocomposites can be simultaneously improved by several times to an order of magnitude higher than that of the matrix, in consistent with experimental results. Thus, the mechanism of the interface effects enhancing the viscoelastic properties of the PDMS/SiO2 nanocomposites can be revealed in the present study, which can be useful for the design of viscoelastic nanocomposites with high stiffness and damping properties.

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