聚乙烯/银纳米颗粒复合物的分子动力学模拟研究

通过分子动力学模拟对聚乙烯/银纳米颗粒复合物的结构、极化率和红外光谱、热力学性质、力学特性进行计算, 分析其随模拟温度和银颗粒尺寸的变化规律. 模拟结果表明: 聚乙烯/银纳米颗粒复合物为各向同性的无定形结构, 温度升高可提高银纳米颗粒的分散均匀性; 银纳米颗粒表面多个原子层呈现无定形状态, 并在银颗粒和聚乙烯基体的界面形成电极化层, 界面区域随颗粒尺寸和温度的增加分别减小和增加; 与聚乙烯体系相比, 聚乙烯/银纳米颗粒复合物的极化率高很多, 且随温度的升高和银颗粒尺寸的减小而增大; 银颗粒尺寸直接影响界面电偶极矩的强度和振动频率, 红外光谱峰强度和峰位随颗粒尺寸发生变化; 聚乙烯/银纳米颗粒复合物具有比聚乙烯体系更高的等容热容和与聚乙烯体系相反的负值热压力系数, 热容随颗粒尺寸的变化较小, 但随温度的升高而明显减小, 具有显著的温度效应; 热压力系数随温度的变化较小, 但随颗粒尺寸的增加而减小, 具有明显的尺度效应, 温度稳定性更好; 聚乙烯/银纳米颗粒复合物的力学特性表现出各向同性材料的弹性常数张量, 具有比聚乙烯体系更高的杨氏模量和泊松比, 并且都随温度的升高和银颗粒尺寸的增大而减小, 加入银纳米颗粒可有效改善聚乙烯的力学性质. 关键词： 分子动力学模拟 聚合物纳米复合物 纳米颗粒     

聚酰亚胺/钽铌酸钾纳米颗粒复合材料结构与机械性能分子动力学模拟

利用多尺度建模方法构建了聚酰亚胺/钽铌酸钾纳米颗粒复合物模型, 通过分子动力学模拟研究了不同尺寸钽铌酸钾纳米颗粒(5.5, 8.0, 9.4, 10.5, 11.5 Å)对复合材料的结构、弹性模量和相互作用能的影响规律, 并通过计算纳米颗粒表面原子键能和单位表面积原子数目探究了复合物机械性能提高的内部机理. 聚酰亚胺和聚酰亚胺/钽铌酸钾复合材料的杨氏模量分别为2.91和3.17 GPa, 泊松比分别为0.37和0.35, 钽铌酸钾纳米颗粒的引入可以显著改善聚酰亚胺的机械性能. 纳米颗粒表面原子的键能为8.62-54.37 kJ·mol^-1, 表明颗粒与基体主要通过范德华力作用结合且有氢键存在. 计算结果表明, 相同掺杂比例下, 纳米颗粒尺寸越小, 纳米颗粒表面原子数目越大, 颗粒与基体作用更强, 杨氏模量的提高幅度越大, 尺寸效应越显著. 因此, 掺杂小尺寸纳米颗粒是提高聚酰亚胺机械性能的有效途径.     

金刚石/环氧树脂复合物热导率的分子动力学模拟

提高环氧树脂热界面材料热导率对解决5G等微电子芯片高热流密度散热问题具有重要意义.采用非平衡态分子动力学方法,重点研究了纳米金刚石填料的不同填充方式对环氧树脂基复合物热导率的影响.结果表明,单颗粒填充方式下,复合物热导率随金刚石尺寸的增大而增大,大尺寸金刚石填料可以降低复合物的自由体积分数,对热导率的提升效果更显著;多颗粒填充方式下,复合物热导率随颗粒数的增多呈先增大后减小的趋势,增加颗粒数可以减小复合物的自由体积分数,但具有更大的比表面积及界面热阻,其对热导率的削弱作用更为显著.此外,同一质量分数下,增大纳米金刚石颗粒尺寸比增加颗粒数对复合物热导率的提升效果更为显著.本文研究对具有高热导率的纳米金刚石/环氧树脂复合物热界面材料的设计和制备具有指导意义.     

大尺寸贵金属纳米团簇热力学性质的分子动力学模拟研究

采用分子动力学方法和原子嵌入势模拟了大尺寸金(n=1136～1556)、银(n=1088～1724)、铜(n=1000～1600)、铂(n=1004～1800)原子纳米团簇的熔化过程,得出了相应纳米团簇的势能随温度的变化曲线以及热容量随温度的变化曲线,研究了各种原子纳米团簇熔点与其团簇尺寸的关系.模拟结果表明团簇的熔点随团簇尺寸增大而升高,并逐渐向大块晶体靠拢.所有纳米团簇在熔化过程中在熔点附近都出现负热容现象,通过对团簇熔化前后结构的比较,分析了导致这种现象的原因.     

分子动力学模拟尺寸对纳米Cu颗粒等温晶化过程的影响

采用分子动力学方法和镶嵌原子势, 模拟了4000个Cu原子和13500个Cu原子(简称Cu₄₀₀₀和Cu₁₃₅₀₀)组成的纳米颗粒以及块体Cu的等温晶化过程. 通过对这些颗粒在晶化过程中结构和动力学行为的分析研究, 发现低温时, 不同尺寸的纳米Cu颗粒均出现多步晶化, 且晶化时间的分布曲线远比高温时范围大; 除了温度, 颗粒尺寸对晶化行为也有重要的影响, 尺寸越大, 晶化时间越长, 最终的晶化程度越高; 但是晶化时间随尺寸增大而增加的趋势不会一直持续, 发现存在一个临界尺寸r_c, 小于r_c时, 晶化时间随颗粒尺寸增大而增加, 大于r_c时,晶化时间随尺寸增大而减小.     

铜原子纳米团簇热力学性质的分子动力学模拟研究

利用分子动力学模拟方法,研究了CuN(N=80,140,216,312,408,500,628和736)纳米团簇在热化和冷凝过程中结构和热力学性质的变化,模型采用的是Johnson的EAM作用势.模拟结果表明:铜团簇的熔点和凝固点随其尺寸线性增加,并逐渐向大块晶体靠拢;所有团簇的凝固点都低于熔点,出现凝固过程中的滞后现象;在熔点和凝固点附近,团簇都具有负热容特性,负热容是由相变前后团簇内部结构突变引起的.     

第十五届全国原子与分子物理学术会议:大尺寸贵金属纳米团簇热力学性质的分子动力学模拟研究

采用分子动力学方法和原子嵌入模型势模拟了大尺寸金（n=1136--1556）、银（n=1088--1724）、铜（n=1000--1600）、铂（n=1004--1800）原子纳米团簇的熔化过程,得出了相应纳米团簇的势能随温度的变化曲线以及热容量随温度的变化曲线,研究了各种原子纳米团簇熔点与其团簇尺寸的关系。模拟结果表明团簇的熔点随团簇尺寸增大而升高,并逐渐向大块晶体靠拢。所有纳米团簇在熔化过程中在熔点附近都出现负热容现象,通过对团簇熔化前后结构的比较研,分析了导致这种现象的原因。     

纳米颗粒与纳米块材摩尔定压热容的理论计算

探讨了纳米颗粒和纳米块材摩尔定压热容 C_P(T)的理论计算方法,提出了利用纳米颗粒的熔点数据来计算纳米颗粒的德拜(Debye)温度、体膨胀系数和C_P(T)的理论公式,以铜纳米颗粒为例,C_P(T)的理论计算值与实验值符合较好;提出了纳米块材的Debye温度随块材密度变化的关系式,随着块材密度减小,Debye温度降低;铜纳米块材C_P(T)的理论计算值与实验值也符合较好;纳米块材的体 关键词： 纳米颗粒 纳米块材 C_P(T)')" href="#">摩尔定压热容C_P(T) 德拜温度     

铜、银和铂原子纳米团簇负热容现象的分子动力学模拟研究

本文采用微正则分子动力学方法模拟研究了铂、铜和银原子纳米团族从固态到液态的熔化过程,得到热容量随温度变化关系,结果表明这三种金属纳米团簇在熔化过程中均出现了负热容现象,并通过对团簇热能随温度的变化关系以及团簇原子数径向分布的分析,探讨了产生负热容现象的微观机制.     

铜原子纳米团簇热力学性质的分子动力学模拟研究

本文利用分子动力学模拟方法,研究了CuN(N=80、140、216、312、408、500、628和736)纳米团簇在热化和冷凝过程中结构和热力学性质的变化,模型采用的是Johnson的EAM作用势.模拟结果表明:铜团簇的熔点和凝固点随其尺寸线性增加,并逐渐向大块晶体靠拢;所有团簇的凝固点都低于熔点,出现凝固过程中的滞后现象;在熔点和凝固点附近,团簇都具有负热容特性,负热容是由相变前后团簇内部结构突变引起的.     

Predictions of mechanical and thermodynamic properties of Mg17Al12 and Mg2Sn from first-principles calculations

Using first-principles calculations, we predict mechanical and thermodynamic properties of both Mg₁₇Al₁₂ and Mg₂Sn precipitates in Mg–Al–Sn alloys. The elastic properties including the polycrystalline bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young’s modulus, Lame’s coefficients and Poisson’s ratio of both Mg₁₇Al₁₂ and Mg₂Sn phases are determined with the Voigt–Reuss–Hill approximation. Our results of equilibrium lattice constants agree closely with previous experimental and other theoretical results. The ductility and brittleness of the two phases are characterized with the estimation from Cauchy pressure and the value of B/G. Mechanical anisotropy is characterized by the anisotropic factors and direction-dependent Young’s modulus. The higher Debye temperature of Mg₁₇Al₁₂ phase means that it has a higher thermal conductivity and strength of chemical bonding relative to Mg₂Sn. The anisotropic sound velocities also indicate the elastic anisotropies of both phase structures. Additionally, density of states and Mulliken population analysis are performed to reveal the bonding nature of both phases. The calculations associated with phonon properties indicate the dynamical stability of both phase structures. The temperature dependences of thermodynamic properties of the two phases are predicted via the quasi-harmonic approximation.     

Two-layer tubes from cubic crystals

Effective Young’s moduli and Poisson’s ratios of two-layer tubes from cubic crystals have been analyzed theoretically. It is shown (using derived formulas for numerical estimates) that the mechanical properties of two-layer tube composites from auxetics and nonauxetics are not described by the mixture rule. It is demonstrated that the deviation of the effective modulus from the mixture rule predictions rapidly increases with an increase in Young’s modulus of the nonauxetic components of a composite. It is established that, combining auxetics and nonauxetics in layered tubes, one can obtain, depending on the packing order in layers, either a strong increase or a decrease in auxeticity.     

Aromatic Polyimide/MWCNT Hybrid Nanocomposites: Structure,Dynamics, and Properties

Two series of hybrid polyimide (PI)/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanocomposites were prepared including COOH-functionalized or pristine nanotubes, and their structure, morphology and dynamics/mechanical properties at 20°C–500°C were studied using WAXD (Wide-angle X-ray diffraction), AFM (Atomic force microscopy), TEM (transmission electron microscopy), DSC (Differential scanning calorimetry), DMA (Dynamic mechanical analysis), CRS (creep rate spectroscopy) techniques, and stress–strain testing. The impact of nanofiller loadings of 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, or 1 wt% relative to PI was evaluated. Specific changes in the matrix morphology and different quality of nanotube dispersion in the nanocomposites with amorphous and semicrystalline matrices were determined. The best nanotube dispersion was observed in the composites with 0.5 wt% MWCNT-COOH. A peculiar high temperature dynamics, different for amorphous, and semicrystalline matrices, was revealed in these nanocomposites. The most dramatic changes in high temperature dynamics and a pronounced dynamic heterogeneity as well as substantially enhanced mechanical properties at room temperature were revealed in the case of a semicrystalline PI matrix. The results were treated in terms of the synergistic impact of nanotubes and matrix crystallites on dynamics in the intercrystalline regions of PI (“combined constrained dynamics effect”) and the peculiar interfacial dynamics.     

Pressure-dependence of mechanical and thermodynamic properties of Al3Zr in Al–Li alloys from first-principles calculations

The pressure-dependence of mechanical, electronic and thermodynamic properties of metastable (L1₂ type) and stable (D0₂₃ type) Al₃Zr precipitations in Al–Li alloys were investigated by employing the first-principle calculations. The calculated equilibrium parameters are in good agreement with experimental and previous calculation results available. Elastic properties including bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio and universal anisotropic index are determined by Voigt–Reuss–Hill approximation. It is found that for both phases, external pressure can improve the mechanical stability, ductility and plasticity. The electronic structures are determined to reveal the bonding characteristics of both phases. In addition, both phonon method and Gibbs program have been proposed to predict thermodynamic properties of two phases. All of these results can help to have a better understanding of the physical and chemical properties of Al₃Zr precipitations in Al–Li alloy. And can offer theoretical guidance for the weight lighting, energy conservation and emissions reduction in the design of new aluminium alloys.     

FP-LMTO calculations of the structural,elastic, thermodynamic,and electronic properties of the ideal-cubic perovskite BiGaO3

Using the first-principles full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital method within the local density approximation, we have studied the structural, elastic, thermodynamic, and electronic properties of the ideal-cubic perovskite BiGaO₃. It is found that this compound has an indirect band gap. The valence band maximum (VBM) is located at Γ-point, whereas the conduction band minimum (CBM) is located at X-point. The pressure and volume dependences of the energy band gaps have been calculated. The elastic constants at equilibrium are also determined. We derived the bulk and shear moduli, Young’s modulus, and Poisson’s ratio. The thermodynamic properties are predicted through the quasi-harmonic Debye model, in which the lattice vibrations are taken into account. The variation of the bulk modulus, heat capacities, and Debye temperature with pressure and temperature are successfully obtained.     

Size and temperature dependence of the tensile mechanical properties of zinc blende CdSe nanowires

The effect of size and temperature on the tensile mechanical properties of zinc blende CdSe nanowires is investigated by all atoms molecular dynamic simulation. We found the ultimate tensile strength and Young?s modulus will decrease as the temperature and size of the nanowire increase. The size and temperature dependence are mainly attributed to surface effect and thermally elongation effect. High reversibility of tensile behavior will make zinc blende CdSe nanowires suitable for building efficient nanodevices.     

Mechanical Properties of Ni-Coated Single Graphene Sheet and Their Embedded Aluminum Matrix Composites

The effects of Ni coating on the mechanical behaviors of single graphene sheet and their embedded Al matrix composites under axial tensionare investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation method. Theresults show that the Young's moduli and tensile strength of grapheneobviously decrease after Ni coating. The results also show that the mechanical properties of Al matrix can be obviously increased by embedding asingle graphene sheet. From the simulation, we also find that the Young'smodulus and tensile strength of the Ni-coated graphene/Al composite isobviously larger than those of the uncoated graphene/Al composite. Theincreased magnitude of the Young's modulus and tensile strength ofgraphene/Al composite are 52.27 and 32.32 at 0.01 K, respectively,due to Ni coating. By exploring the effects of temperature on the mechanicalproperties of single graphene sheet and their embedded Al matrix composites, it is found that the higher temperature leads to the lower critical strain and tensile strength.     

Synthesis of modified multi-walled carbon nanotube poly(benzimidazole-imide) composites: assessment of morphological and thermo-mechanical properties

A fully aromatic poly(benzimidazole-imide) (PBI) containing triazole side units and amine-modified multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/PBI composites were fabricated via a polymerization process of monomer reactants and solution mixing with ultrasonication excitation. The polymer and composites were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and X-ray diffraction. According to the microscopic characterizations, the MWCNTs homogeneously dispersed in the composites. The mechanical properties of the composite films were also measured by tensile test. The test results evidently indicated that the Young’s modulus increased by about 60.0% at 1 wt% CNT loading, and further modulus growth was observed at higher filler loading. The composite films hold preferable thermal stability the same as the pure PBI. The improvement of the mechanical and thermal properties was attributed to the incorporation of the surface modified CNTs. For CNT-reinforced polymer composites, strong interfacial adhesion and uniform dispersion of CNTs are more crucial factors for improving such properties.