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@ARTICLE{Banc:279281,
author = {Banc, Amélie and Genix, Anne-Caroline and Dupas,
Christelle and Sztucki, Michael and Schweins, Ralf and
Appavou, Marie-Sousai and Oberdisse, Julian},
title = {{O}rigin of {S}mall-{A}ngle {S}cattering from
{C}ontrast-{M}atched {N}anoparticles: {A} {S}tudy of {C}hain
and {F}iller {S}tructure in {P}olymer {N}anocomposites},
journal = {Macromolecules},
volume = {48},
number = {18},
issn = {1520-5835},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Soc.},
reportid = {FZJ-2015-07296},
pages = {6596 - 6605},
year = {2015},
note = {"final draft post referee" kann nicht beigebracht werden},
abstract = {The conformation of poly(ethyl methacrylate) chains in
silica–latex nanocomposites has been studied under zero
average contrast conditions (ZAC) using small-angle neutron
scattering (SANS). Samples have been prepared by drying
colloidal suspensions of silica and polymer nanoparticles
(NPs) followed by thermal annealing, for two different
silica NPs (radius of 5 and 15 nm) and two chain molecular
weights (17 and 100 kg/mol). By appropriate mixing of
hydrogenated and deuterated polymer, chain scattering
contrast is introduced, and in principle silica scattering
suppressed. The silica structure consisting mostly of small
fractal aggregates is characterized by transmission electron
microscopy (TEM) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) on
the same samples. The measurement of the chain structure by
SANS, however, is perturbed by unwanted silica
contributions, as often reported in the literature. Here,
the contribution of contrast-matched silica is evidenced as
a function of system parameters, namely chain mass, silica
size, and volume fraction, and a model rationalizing these
contributions for the first time is proposed. On the basis
of a statistical analysis, a nanometer-thick polymer shell
surrounding silica NPs is shown to create contrast, which is
presumably maintained by the reduced mobility of polymer
close to interfaces or attractive polymer–silica
interactions. This shell is proven to be quantitatively
important only for the smallest silica NPs. Finally, the
pure polymer scattering can be isolated, and the polymer
radius of gyration is found to be independent of filler
content and NP size.},
cin = {JCNS (München) ; Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS
(München) ; JCNS-FRM-II / Neutronenstreuung ; JCNS-1},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-1-20110106},
pnm = {6G15 - FRM II / MLZ (POF3-6G15) / 6G4 - Jülich Centre for
Neutron Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G15 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)KWS2-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000361935600027},
doi = {10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01424},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/279281},
}