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The paper analyzes experimental data obtained on physical and mechanical properties of nanostructured particle-reinforced composites with elastomer matrices and nano- and microsized carbon-containing particles by scanning probe microscopy and nanoindentation with specialized 3D computer processing. The nano-effects observed in the elastomer matrices are described using the fractal approach. A fractal model of nanoparticle aggregation in a polymer matrix is proposed. Phase interactions in the nanostructured polymer materials are described and fractal relations that predict the reinforcing effect of this type of media are presented. It is shown that interphase regions in the nanostructured composites are the same reinforcing elements as a nanofiller for the medium. It is found that reinforcement of elastomer composites by nanosized particles is a true nano-effect.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.G. Yanovsky, G.V. Kozlov, Yu.N Karnet, 2012, published in Fizicheskaya Mezomekhanika, 2012, Vol. 15, No. 6, pp. 21–34.
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Yanovsky, Y.G., Kozlov, G.V. & Karnet, Y.N. Fractal description of significant nano-effects in polymer composites with nanosized fillers. Aggregation, phase interaction, and reinforcement. Phys Mesomech 16, 9–22 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1029959913010025
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