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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 119, Issue 5, Pages 3043-3050Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/app.33062
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sepiolite nanofibers; unsaturated polyester; nanocomposites; thermogravimetric analysis (TGA); transparency
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The novel surface-modified sepiolite/unsaturated polyester (sepiolite/UP) nanocomposites were prepared by in situ polymerization. Sepiolite fibers were first organo-modified by grafting of vinyltriethoxysilane (VTS) containing a double bond onto the surfaces and used as nanofillers. The morphology of sepiolites and nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and transmission electron microscope (TEM). Moreover, the thermal properties were determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and the thermal degradation mechanism was discussed. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 119: 3043-3050, 2011
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