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Thermal conductivity of polyamide-6,6 in the vicinity of charged and uncharged graphene layers: A molecular dynamics analysis

Alaghemandi, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1021/jp301452z
  3. Publisher: 2012
  4. Abstract:
  5. The thermal conductivity (λ) of nanoconfined polyamide-6,6 (PA) oligomers in polymer-graphene nanocomposites has been investigated by reverse nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (RNEMD) simulations. The preferential alignment of the PA chains parallel to the graphene plane as well as their elongation implies that λ of the polymer in nanocomposites is larger than that in the neat polymer system. The ordering of the polymer phase is enhanced in an arrangement of charged graphene surfaces made of one layer with a charge deficit and one with a charge excess. The consequence of the enhanced polymer ordering as well as the denser packing is an increase in λ in the polymer network. Differences in the thermal conductivity for an armchair and zigzag arrangement of the graphene sheets in the direction of the heat transfer are almost negligible. In contrast with this insensitivity, the present RNEMD simulations predict the largest value of λ for composites with the smallest number of PA chains between adjacent graphene sheets. The modifications in the polymer thermal conductivity are rationalized via several structural parameters such as PA bond orientation relative to the graphene sheets, end-to-end distance of polymer chains, and density profiles
  6. Keywords:
  7. Bond orientation ; Denser packings ; Density profile ; End-to-end distances ; Graphene layers ; Graphene plane ; Graphene sheets ; Neat polymer ; Non equilibrium molecular dynamic (NEMD) ; Polyamide 6 ; Polymer chains ; Polymer networks ; Polymer phase ; Structural parameter ; Graphene ; Molecular dynamics ; Nanocomposites ; Oligomers ; Polymers ; Thermal conductivity
  8. Source: Journal of Physical Chemistry C ; Volume 116, Issue 26 , May , 2012 , Pages 14115-14122 ; 19327447 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp301452z