Nanocomposite of montmorillonite with telechelic sulfonated poly(butylene terephthalate): Effect of ionic groups on clay dispersion, mechanical and thermal properties

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 918-927

  Colonna, Martino ^a   Berti, Corrado ^a   Binassi, Enrico ^a   Fiorini, Maurizio ^a   Karanam, Sreepadaraj ^b   Brunelle, Daniel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SABIC Innovative Plastics   (Netherlands)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Montmorillonite; Nanocomposites; Poly(butylene terephthalate); Telechelic ionomer

Indexed keywords

BRABENDER MIXER; CLAY DISPERSION; CLAY PLATELETS; COMMERCIAL MATERIALS; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; HEAT DEFLECTION TEMPERATURE; HYDROLYTIC STABILITY; IONIC GROUP; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MELT INTERCALATION; MODIFIED CLAYS; MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES; POLY (BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLYMER CHAINS; TELECHELIC POLYMERS; TELECHELICS; TEM; THERMODYNAMIC DRIVING FORCES; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TWIN SCREW; XRD ANALYSIS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BUTENES; CLAY MINERALS; DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POSITIVE IONS; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 77950867247     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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