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Connecting The Nano And The Macro: A Study Of Pore Structure In Carbon Black Nanocomposites, Evangalene Dreyer

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Positronium Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (or PALS) uses the lifetime of the bound state of the electron and its antiparticle, the positron (positronium), to determine the pore size, a nanoscale property. By measuring the evolution of pore size as a function of temperature one can determine the phase. Additionally, a macroscopic property called Young’s Modulus affects how much the sample is capable of stretching when a known force is applied. Thus, by measuring the pore size and Young’s Modulus, it is possible to gain a better understanding of how alterations at the microscopic level (pore size) affect the macroscopic properties (Young’s …