Issue 18, 2009
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Soft Matter

Miscibility–dispersion, interfacial strength and nanoclay mobility relationships in polymer nanocomposites†

Javier Carretero-González,*ab   Haris Retsos,b   Emmanuel P. Giannelis,b   Tiberio A. Ezquerra,c   Marianella Hernándeza  and  Miguel A. López-Manchado*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, CSIC, Madrid 28006, Spain
E-mail: jcarretero@ictp.csic.es, lmanchado@ictp.csic.es

b Department of Material Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA

c Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Madrid 28006, Spain

Abstract

Fully dispersed layered silicate nanoparticles (nanoclay) in a polymer matrix have provided a new class of multi-functional materials exhibiting several performance improvements over conventional composites. Yet the challenges of miscibility and interfacial strength might prevent nanocomposites from realizing their full potential. In this paper we demonstrate the effect of the chemical characteristics of the nanoclay on the miscibility and dispersion in the polymer matrix as well as on the interfacial strength of the bound polymer and the nanoclay mobility, all of which determine the macroscopic properties of the nanocomposite.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B900295B
Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Jan 2009
Accepted
05 Jun 2009
First published
08 Jul 2009

Soft Matter, 2009,5, 3481-3486

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Miscibility–dispersion, interfacial strength and nanoclay mobility relationships in polymer nanocomposites

J. Carretero-González, H. Retsos, E. P. Giannelis, T. A. Ezquerra, M. Hernández and M. A. López-Manchado, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3481 DOI: 10.1039/B900295B

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