Issue 1, 2007
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New Journal of Chemistry

Preparation of α-zirconium phosphate nanoplatelets with wide variations in aspect ratios

Luyi Sun,ab   Woong J. Boo,a   Hung-Jue Sue*a  and  Abraham Clearfield*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Polymer Technology Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
E-mail: hjsue@tamu.edu
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b Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
E-mail: clearfield@mail.chem.tamu.edu
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Tel: +1 979-845-2936

Abstract

Synthetic α-zirconium phosphate (α-ZrP) layer structures have been prepared via three different approaches. By controlling the concentration of reactants, temperature, pressure, and using a complexing agent, α-ZrP with a wide variation in aspect ratios has been prepared. Synthetic α-ZrP can be easily intercalated by amines and then exfoliated in epoxy to prepare polymer nanocomposites. Nanocomposites that contain exfoliated α-ZrP nanoplatelets with wide variations in aspect ratios can be utilized as model systems to study the structure–property relationship in polymer nanocomposites.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B604054C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Mar 2006
Accepted
22 Sep 2006
First published
12 Oct 2006

New J. Chem., 2007,31, 39-43

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L. Sun, W. J. Boo, H. Sue and A. Clearfield, New J. Chem., 2007, 31, 39 DOI: 10.1039/B604054C

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