Objective The practice of adding micron sized inorganic filler particles to reinforce polymeric materials can be traced back to the early years of the composite industry. With synthetic methods that can produce nanometer sized fillers, resulting in an enormous increase of surface area, polymers reinforced with nanoscale particles should show vastly improved properties. Yet, experimental evidence suggests that a simple extrapolation of the design paradigms of conventional composites cannot be used to predict the be-havior of nanocomposites. The origin of these differences between conventional and nanocomposites is still unknown. This, unfortunately, precludes yet any rational design.Though some property improvements have been achieved in nanocomposites, nanoparticle dispersion is difficult to control, with both thermodynamic and kinetic processes playing significant roles. It has been demonstrated that dispersed spherical nanoparticles can yield a range of multi-functional behavior, including a viscosity decrease, reduction of thermal deg-radation, increased mechanical damping, enriched electrical and/or magnetic performance and control of thermomechanical properties. Especially the decrease in viscosity is advantageous for injection-molding op-erations. Facile tuning of nanocomposite Tg could thus allow us to control the usable temperature range of these materials. Again, the physics under-pinning this behavior remains unresolved, primarily due to the poor understanding of the effects that particle/matrix interactions have on the composite behavior. This project aims at overcoming these deficiencies by a twofold strategy. This project will bring together a critical mass of scientists, from atomistic to finite-element modeling. The goal is to develop, implement and validate multi-scale methods to compute the mechanical, thermochemical and flow behav-iour of nano-filled polymeric materials – based on the chemistry of selected model systems. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational sciencemultiphysicsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringnanocomposites Keywords materials processing modelling nano-structured polymeric materials Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP-2007-2.5-2 - Modelling of microstructural evolution under work conditions and in materials processing Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2007-SMALL-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator BASF SE EU contribution € 416 500,00 Address CARL BOSCH STRASSE 38 67063 Ludwigshafen Am Rhein Germany See on map Region Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinhessen-Pfalz Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Horst Weiss (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT Germany EU contribution € 359 538,00 Address KAROLINENPLATZ 5 64289 Darmstadt See on map Region Hessen Darmstadt Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Christof-Matthias Neubrand (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION Greece EU contribution € 294 000,00 Address HEROON POLYTECHNIOU 9 ZOGRAPHOU CAMPUS 157 80 ATHINA See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Doros Theodorou (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG Germany EU contribution € 300 000,00 Address SCHLOSSPLATZ 4 91054 Erlangen See on map Region Bayern Mittelfranken Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ulrike Herrmann (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GRITCHE TECHNOLOGIES SARL France EU contribution € 149 812,44 Address RUE DES MATHURINS 37 75008 PARIS See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Pierre-Paul Jobert (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH Germany EU contribution € 431 157,00 Address WILHELM JOHNEN STRASSE 52428 Julich See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Düren Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gelinde Riese (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CULGI BV Netherlands EU contribution € 635 550,00 Address GALILEIWEG 8 2333 BD LEIDEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Johannes G.E.M. 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