Ядерна фізика та енергетика Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy   ISSN: 1818-331X (Print), 2074-0565 (Online)   Publisher: Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine   Languages: Ukrainian, English, Russian   Periodicity: 4 times per year   Open access peer reviewed journal

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М. L. Karpets^1,2,*, Т. V. Tropin², L. А. Bulavin^1,3, J. W. P. Schmelzer<sup>4

1</sup> Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
² Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
³ Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
⁴ Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

^*Corresponding author. E-mail address: karpetsmax@gmail.com

Abstract: Experiment on neutron reflectometry is modeled during the study of the structural organization of fullerence nanoparticles in a thin film of a polymer nanocomposite. Several physically based models of structural organization of the nanoparticles in polymer matrix are considered – in particular the uniform distribution, dense substrate layer, a layer on the surface of a polymer. The calculations show that it is possible to apply neutron reflectometry for clarifying the structural organization of nanoparticles in the nanocomposites with the mass concentration of fullerenes exceeding 1 %.

Keywords: neutron reflectometry, thin films, polymer nanocomposites, fullerenes.

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