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Recent Studies on the Multiscale Analysis of Polymer Nanocomposites

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Ever since several formations of polymer-based nanocomposites were reported, research on their modeling, characterization, and computerized analysis methodology has been extensively investigated to become a major academic field of advanced material science and technology. This paper mainly summarizes the multiscale computational analysis methodology for polymer nanocomposites. We also introduce various computational modeling approaches to characterizing the physical behavior of polymer nanocomposites, which are the molecular dynamics approach, and the continuum approach. Based on the various computational analyses, we summarize how the material properties and phenomenological behaviors of polymer nanocomposites were analyzed.

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This work was supported by a Grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. 2012R1A3A2048841). This work was supported by the Technology Innovation Program (10074278, Development of a SHM system for UAV using CNT/Polymer hybrid fiber sensor network and simultaneous proof-of-concept of autonomous flight and diagnosis) funded By the Ministry of Trade, industry & Energy (MI, Korea).

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Chung, I., Cho, M. Recent Studies on the Multiscale Analysis of Polymer Nanocomposites. Multiscale Sci. Eng. 1, 167–195 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42493-019-00022-4

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