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COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 89, Issue -, Pages 38-43Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.09.016
Keywords
Nanocomposites; Particle-reinforced composites; Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [51373202, 51173208]
- Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [S2011020001212]
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Neat montmorillonite (MMT) causes strong heterogeneous nucleation of alpha-phase crystallites in isotactic polypropylene (iPP). By surface modification of MMT with pimelic acid (PA) MMT with tailored beta-nucleation capacity (beta-MMT) has been prepared and nanocomposites with beta-iPP have been made. The polymorphism of the iPP in the nanocomposites, the effect of beta-MMT on the morphology and its crystallization and melting behavior of iPP has been investigated by POM, DSC and XRD. beta-MMT raises the crystallization temperature to a higher value than neat MMT. The beta-nucleation ability of beta-MMT depends both on the MMT/PA ratio and on the beta-MMT content in the composite. The fraction of beta-crystals with respect to the total amount of crystals increases with increasing beta-MMT content and decreasing MMT/PA ratio. It can be adjusted between 0% and 98%. The accomplished surface modification of the MMT provides a simple and efficient way to prepare beta-ipp nanocomposites. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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