A simple method to improve the clarity and rheological properties of polymer/clay nanocomposites by using fractionated clay particles

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-135

  Cipriano, Bani H ^a,c   Kashiwagi, Takashi ^b   Zhang, Xin ^a   Raghavan, Srinivasa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BALCHEM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

organoclay; polymer nanocomposites; rheology; transparency

Indexed keywords

CLAY PARTICLES; EQUIVALENT MASS; LARGE AGGREGATES; LOW FREQUENCY; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MONTMORILLONITE CLAY; ORGANOPHILIC; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYSTYRENE NANOCOMPOSITES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SIMPLE METHOD; SURFACTANT TREATMENT;

CLAY MINERALS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPARENCY; VISCOSITY;

ORGANOCLAY;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; BENTONITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLAY; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BENTONITE; GELS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77951921631     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am8000693     Document Type: Article

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