Effect of POSS on morphology and mechanical properties of polyamide 12/montmorillonite nanocomposites

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 249-256

  Zhao, Feng ^a   Bao, Xujin ^a   McLauchlin, Andrew R ^a   Gu, Jiajie ^a   Wan, Chaoying ^b   Kandasubramanian, Bala ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PERA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual surfactant; Interfacial properties; Mechanical properties; Montmorillonite; Nanocomposites; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

DUAL-SURFACTANT; EXCHANGE RATIOS; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; INTERLAYER SPACES; ION EXCHANGE REACTIONS; KEY FACTORS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MELT-COMPOUNDING; MODIFIED CLAYS; MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLY-AMIDE 12; SILICATE SURFACES; SODIUM-MONTMORILLONITE; TENSILE MODULI; THERMAL STABILITY; YIELD STRENGTH;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CLAY MINERALS; CONTACT ANGLE; DISPERSIONS; ION EXCHANGE; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED POLYMERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; COMPOSITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ION EXCHANGE; MONTMORILLONITE; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; SODIUM; SURFACTANT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 75349108099     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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