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Effect of Clay Surface Charge on the Emerging Properties of Polystyrene−Organoclay Nanocomposites

Författare

  • Henrik Mauroy
  • Tomás Plivelic
  • Elisabeth L. Hansen
  • Jon O. Fossum
  • Geir Helgesen
  • Kenneth D. Knudsen

Summary, in English

A series of polystyrene-clay nanocomposites, based on two natural clay

types (Na-Montmorillonite and Hectorite) and two synthetic clays (Laponite and Li- Fluorohectorite), were prepared via in situ intercalative polymerization after surface modification with an organic ammonium cation (CTAB). The structural characteristics of

the organically modified clays as well as the nanocomposites were investigated by means of wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS), and the thermal properties were studied with TGA.

In the organically modified clays, the silicate interlayer spacing increases, and the magnitude seems to be directly correlated with the amount of clay surface charge. In the nanocomposites, polymer intercalation is also observed, but partial exfoliation is present,

modifying significantly the morphology of the material. The degree of dispersion of the clay platelets, as well as the resulting properties of the nanocomposites, were found again to be systematically, and almost linearly, correlated with the intrinsic surface charge of the

clays, which varied between 44 and 120 meq/100 g. Increased dispersion was seen in the nanocomposites made from clays with

low surface charge, here Hectorite and Laponite, suggesting that these can be suitable alternatives to the more employed

Montmorillonite for enhancement of thermal properties. The thermal stability was found to be better for the nanocomposites

than for the pure polystyrene.

Publiceringsår

2013

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

19656-19663

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volym

117

Issue

38

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

The American Chemical Society (ACS)

Ämne

  • Physical Sciences
  • Natural Sciences

Nyckelord

  • Polystyrene organoclays nanocomposites
  • wide angle x-ray scattering
  • clay
  • CEC

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1932-7447