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Compatibilizer Polarity Parameters as Tools for Predicting Organoclay Dispersion in Polyolefin Nanocomposites
Joint Authors
Dolez, Patricia
Weltrowski, Marek
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-03-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Nanocomposites give an innovative method to increase the mechanical, thermal, and barrier performance of polymers.
However, properly dispersing the nanoparticles in the polymer matrix is often key in achieving high performance, especially in the case of hydrophilic nanoparticles and hydrophobic polymers.
For that purpose, nanoparticles may be functionalized with organic groups to increase their affinity with the polymer matrix.
Compatibilizing agents may also be included in the nanocomposite formulation.
This paper aims at identifying parameters relative to the compatibilizer polarity that would allow predicting nanoparticle dispersion in the polymer nanocomposite.
The analysis used published data on nanocomposite samples combining clay nanoparticles, polyolefins, and various compatibilizing agents.
We studied the correlations between the nanoclay exfoliation ratio and five different parameters describing the compatibilizer hydrophilic-lipophilic balance: the acid value, the mole, and weight fraction of polar groups, the number of polymer chain units per polar group, and the number of moles of polar groups per mole of compatibilizer.
The best correlation was observed with the number of polymer chain units per polar group in the compatibilizer.
This parameter could be used as a tool to predict the dispersion of organoclay nanoparticles in polyolefins.
Another important result of the study is that, among the compatibilizers investigated, those with a low acid value provided a better nanoclay exfoliation compared to those with a high acid value.
This may indicate the existence of a maximum in the nanoclay exfoliation/compatibilizer polarity curve, which would open new perspectives for nanocomposite performance optimization.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Weltrowski, Marek& Dolez, Patricia. 2019. Compatibilizer Polarity Parameters as Tools for Predicting Organoclay Dispersion in Polyolefin Nanocomposites. Journal of Nanotechnology،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1183704
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Weltrowski, Marek& Dolez, Patricia. Compatibilizer Polarity Parameters as Tools for Predicting Organoclay Dispersion in Polyolefin Nanocomposites. Journal of Nanotechnology No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1183704
American Medical Association (AMA)
Weltrowski, Marek& Dolez, Patricia. Compatibilizer Polarity Parameters as Tools for Predicting Organoclay Dispersion in Polyolefin Nanocomposites. Journal of Nanotechnology. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1183704
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1183704