Abstract
11-(2-Bromo-2-methyl)propionyloxyundecyl trichlorosilane atom transfer radical polymn. (ATRP) initiator was covalently attached on montmorillonite clay platelets via silylation reactions. The initiator clay was used to polymerize Bu acrylate (BuA) and Me methacrylate (MMA) on the clay surface. Polymn. was performed in bulk monomer soln. or in DMSO. Polymer modified clay was mixed with a poly(BuA-co-MMA) matrix. Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that clay modified in DMSO gave exfoliated composites when mixed with the matrix copolymer. Mech. properties of the composites were studied by dynamic mech. thermal anal. (DMTA). The results showed that the mech. properties were improved as a function of clay content, as well with an increasing homogeneity of the nanocomposite. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 3086-3097, 2009. [on SciFinder(R)]
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3086-3097 |
| Journal | Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Loss modulus
- Nanocomposites
- Nanoparticles
- Storage modulus
- Stress-strain relationship (nano montmorillonite-attached ATRP initiator for polymn. of Bu acrylate and Me methacrylate)
- nano
- montmorillonite
- surface
- initiated
- ATRP
- butyl
- acrylate
- methyl
- methacrylate
- nanocomposite