Role of interfacial chemistry on the rheology and thermo-mechanical properties of clay-polymer nanocomposites for building applications |
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Authors: | Hieu-Thao Huynh Karim Benzarti Myriam Duc |
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Institution: | 1.IFSTTAR,Université Paris-Est,Paris,France |
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Abstract: | This study is directed towards investigating the role of the surface treatment of clay particles on the rheological and thermomechanical
behaviour of clay-epoxy blends. Nanocomposites were prepared by mixing small amounts (5–10 mass %) of commercial organoclays
or raw clays with an epoxy system commonly used in civil engineering. Rheological characterisations in the liquid state revealed
a pronounced thixotropic character of the organoclay-based systems, which all exhibited a shear-thinning behaviour above a
critical stress threshold (yield stress), depending on both the intensity of interfacial interactions and the degree of filler
dispersion. On the other hand, systems based on raw clay particles behaved like Newtonian fluids, in the same way as the unreinforced
polymer matrix. Complementary dynamic mechanical analyses (DMA) performed on the cured cross-linked nanocomposites also showed
significant changes in the viscoelastic behaviour of the epoxy matrix due to the introduction of organoclays, whereas only
minor variations were observed following the introduction of raw fillers. These results were consistent with nanoscale morphological
characterisations performed by conventional X-ray diffraction (XRD) on the various hybrid systems. In this context, rheology
and DMA appear as attractive alternative methods for assessing the filler dispersion at a macroscopic (and possibly more relevant)
scale. This research is of practical interest for civil engineers, since clay reinforced-epoxies could in the future be used
as coating materials with enhanced barrier performances, in order to protect infrastructures against environmental ageing
or corrosion. |
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