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A percolation model for the reinforcement of polymer nanocomposites is proposed which allows a quantitative evaluation of the degree of aggregation of nanofillers of arbitrary dimension. In this model, the efficiency of a nanofiller is determined not by its initial characteristics, but by its ability to generate interfacial regions.
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Original Russian Text © G.V. Kozlov, I.V. Dolbin.
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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 125–129, March–April, 2020.
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Kozlov, G.V., Dolbin, I.V. Aggregation of Nanofiller in Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Composites. J Appl Mech Tech Phy 61, 263–266 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021894420020121
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