Simulation of Carbon Nanotubes as Macromolecular Coils
in Nanocomposites with Glassy Polymer Matrix

A. K. Mikitaev and G. V. Kozlov

Kabardino-Balkaria State University, ul. Chernyshevskogo 173, Nal’chik, 360004 Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

e-mail: i_dolbin@mail.ru

Received December 15, 2014

Abstract—Ring-shaped carbon nanotubes have been simulated as macromolecular coils in the context
of the fractal physical chemistry of polymer solutions. The dependence of the interfacial adhesion level
in polymer/carbon nanotube nanocomposites on the structure of the above composites, characterized by
its fractal dimension, has been shown. The validity of this interpretation has been confirmed via a
description of the degree of reinforcement of nanocomposites within the reinforcement molecular
model.

Keywords: nanocomposite, epoxy polymer, ring-shaped formations, interfacial adhesion, fractal dimension

DOI: 10.1134/S1087659616020127

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