Abstract
A facile and easily industrialized approach for preparing highly dispersed MMT/polymer nanocomposites is developed by combining the latex compounding method and a spray-drying process. Clay particles are successfully delaminated into layers, and layer re-stacking is effectively prevented. HR-TEM and XRD results confirm that MMT layers achieve exfoliated or nearly exfoliated dispersion in both MMT/styrene-butadiene rubber and MMT/PS nanocomposites. Compared with melt-blended MMT/SBR composites, MMT/SBR nanocomposites prepared by this new strategy exhibit extremely high dynamic modulus.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 20-25 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Materials and Engineering |
| Volume | 297 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- clays
- latex compounding
- nanocomposites
- polymers
- spray-drying
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