%0 Journal Article
%T Microemulsion nanocomposites: phase diagram, rheology and structure using a combined small angle neutron scattering and reverse Monte Carlo approach
%+ Laboratoire des colloïdes, verres et nanomatériaux (LCVN)
%+ Centre de recherches Paul Pascal (CRPP)
%+ Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (LLB - UMR 12)
%A Puech, Nicolas
%A Mora, Serge
%A Phou, Ty
%A Porte, Gregoire
%A Jestin, Jacques
%A Oberdisse, Julian
%< avec comité de lecture
%@ 1744-683X
%J Soft Matter
%I Royal Society of Chemistry
%V 6
%P 5605-5614
%8 2010
%D 2010
%Z 1012.0913
%Z Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Soft Condensed Matter [cond-mat.soft]Journal articles
%X The effect of silica nanoparticles on transient microemulsion networks made of microemulsion droplets and telechelic copolymer molecules in water is studied, as a function of droplet size and concentration, amount of copolymer, and nanoparticle volume fraction. The phase diagram is found to be affected, and in particular the percolation threshold characterized by rheology is shifted upon addition of nanoparticles, suggesting participation of the particles in the network. This leads to a peculiar reinforcement behaviour of such microemulsion nanocomposites, the silica influencing both the modulus and the relaxation time. The reinforcement is modelled based on nanoparticles connected to the network via droplet adsorption. Contrast-variation Small Angle Neutron Scattering coupled to a reverse Monte Carlo approach is used to analyse the microstructure. The rather surprising intensity curves are shown to be in good agreement with the adsorption of droplets on the nanoparticle surface.
%G English
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