聚丙烯/蒙脱土纳米复合材料的等温结晶研究

采用差示扫描量热法 (DSC)对插层聚合法制备的聚丙烯 /蒙脱土纳米复合材料 (PP MMT)的等温结晶过程进行了研究 .引入蒙脱土 (MMT)后 ,PP MMT的结晶速率大幅度提高 ,相对结晶度略有下降 .采用Avrami方程对结晶动力学进行研究 ,Avrami指数n≈ 3 .0 ,半结晶时间t1 2 大幅度降低 .采用Hoffman理论计算了PP MMT的球晶生长的单位面积表面自由能σe,结果表明σe 随MMT含量的增加逐渐降低     

不同有机化蒙脱土对聚丙烯/蒙脱土纳米复合材料结构和性能的影响

采用不同的有机改性剂制备了三种含羟基极性基团、环氧基和不含极性基团的有机化蒙脱土, 并与混有少量马来酸酐接枝聚丙烯的聚丙烯基体进行复合, 制备了聚丙烯粘土纳米复合材料. 采用X射线衍射仪、透射电子显微镜、热分析仪、示差扫描热分析仪和力学测试仪对样品进行结构表征和力学性能测试. 探讨和比较了不同有机化蒙脱土对聚丙烯/蒙脱土纳米复合材料结构和性能的影响. 结果表明, 携带极性基团的有机改性剂和马来酸酐接枝聚丙烯的强烈相互作用有利于有机化蒙脱土在复合材料中的插层、剥离和稳定性, 由此形成的聚丙烯粘土纳米复合材料具有更高的结晶度, 其力学性能的提高也更为显著.     

聚丙烯/蒙脱土纳米复合材料非等温结晶动力学的研究

用熔融插层法制备聚丙烯 蒙脱土纳米复合材料 ,用DSC手段研究了其非等温结晶行为 ,并与聚丙烯进行了对比 .对所得数据分别用修正Avrami方程的Jeziorny法、Ozawa法和Mo法进行处理 .结果表明 ,用Jeziorny法和Mo法处理非等温结晶过程比较理想 ,而用Ozawa法处理则不太适用 .用Jeziorny法求出的参数Zc和n随冷却速率的增加而增加 ,但复合材料的Zc 和n略大于聚丙烯的Zc 和n ,用Mo法求出的参数F(T)随结晶度的增加而略有增加 ,a几乎未变 ,复合材料的F(T)略小于聚丙烯的F(T) ,复合材料的a约为 1.40略大于聚丙烯的a(其值约为 1.0 4) .按Kissinger方法计算出聚丙烯及聚丙烯 蒙脱土纳米复合材料的结晶活化能分别为 189.37kJ mol,15 5 .6 9kJ mol,说明有机蒙脱土的加入 ,降低了聚丙烯的结晶活化能 ,起到了异相成核的作用     

插层聚合制备聚丙烯/蒙脱土纳米复合材料及其结构性能表征

将插层聚合的概念引入烯烃聚合,制备了聚丙烯／蒙脱土（PP／MMT）纳米复合材料。X射线衍射和TEM分析结果表明,蒙脱土在聚丙烯基体中达到了纳米级的分散,动态力学性能研究结果表明,在高于Tg的温度区域内PP／MMT纳米复合材料的储能模量（E′）成倍增加,加入8％的蒙脱土（MMT）,PP／MMT的E′提高近3倍。PP／MMT的玻璃化转变温度Tg有一定程度的提高,随蒙脱土含量的增加,PP／MMT的热分解温度和热变形温度（HDT）都有大幅度提高。     

三元乙丙橡胶/蒙脱土纳米复合材料制备中硫化体系的比较

采用了熔融插层和两种硫化体系硫磺 促进剂和过氧化物体系制备了三元乙丙橡胶 蒙脱土纳米复合材料 ,并将这两种体系形成的纳米复合材料进行了形态、力学性能和光学性能的比较 ,同时采用Flory Rehner方程对它们的硫化行为进行了评价 .X射线衍射 (XRD)、透射电镜 (TEM)、力学性能和光学性能的测试结果表明 ,由硫磺硫化体系制备的纳米复合材料为不透明和剥离型 .其原有的d0 0 1 衍射峰消失 ,有序层被剥离成 10 0～ 2 0 0nm的片层均匀分散在EPDM基体中 ,其力学性能有了极大的提高 ;而过氧化物体系制备的纳米复合材料为半透明和插层型 .对两种体系的硫化行为的评价结果表明 ,随着有机蒙脱土加入量的增加 ,硫磺 促进剂硫化体系的t90 延长 ,交联密度减小 ,最大 最小转矩也变小 ;而过氧化物硫化体系的相应值却变化不大     

聚丙烯/纳米蒙脱土复合材料的结晶动力学研究

采用热分析方法，研究了聚丙烯／纳米蒙脱土复合材料（PP／CLAY）的等温结晶行为，并分别用Avrami方程和赵志英方法对所得数据进行了分析，研究结果表明，纳米蒙脱土微粒对聚丙烯等温和非等温结晶行为均有不同程度的影响，可提高聚丙烯的结晶速率并改善结晶结构。     

聚苯乙烯/硅烷偶联剂修饰蒙脱土纳米复合材料的制备与表征

用硅烷偶联剂修饰蒙脱土，制备了聚苯乙烯/蒙脱土纳米复合材料，并用XRD、FTIR、TEM和TGA等对样品进行了表征，发现硅烷偶联剂对蒙脱土表面进行了良好的修饰；苯乙烯单体在蒙脱土层间的聚合导致蒙脱土片层剥离并无规分散在聚合物基体中，片层长度为100-200nm，厚度小于10nm。     

聚酰亚胺/蒙脱土纳米复合材料

利用插层法合成的聚酰亚胺／蒙脱土纳米复合材料相比于纯聚酰亚胺有更好的力学性能、热稳定性、气体阻隔性及更低的介电性、吸湿性和热膨胀性。是一种性能优异、具有广泛应用前途的新型有机、无机－纳米复合材料。这是因为粘土在聚酰亚胺基体中以纳米尺度均匀分散并与基体形成了强的化学结合。本文重点综述了该复合材料的制备、结构表征及性能等方面的研究，并展望该材料的应用前景。     

插层聚合聚丙烯-蒙脱土纳米复合材料的微观结构形态

使用偏光显微镜，扫描电镜，透射电镜和广角X射线衍射法研究了插层聚合法制备的聚丙烯－蒙脱土（PP－MMT）纳米复合材料的微观结构和形态发展。结果表明，随着插层聚合反应的进行，较大的初级MMT粒子逐渐剥离成较小的次级粒子。次级粒子由2－20片的单个MMT片层组成，其层间充满了PP分子链。提出了插层聚合过程中PP－MMT复合材料的形态发展模型。另外，MMT的加入对PP的球晶形态也有重要影响，PP完整的球晶随MMT的加入逐渐变小和趋于扭曲甚至破坏。     

悬浮缩聚法制备酚醛树脂/蒙脱土纳米复合材料

采用悬浮缩聚方法在酸性催化剂作用下制备了酚醛树脂/蒙脱土纳米复合材料。以三种不同的蒙脱土：天然土、带有脂肪链季铵盐修饰蒙脱土和带有苯环基团的插层剂修饰的蒙脱土为原料制备了纳米复合材料,并考察了不同插层剂对纳米复合材料形貌的影响,发现带有苯环的插层剂修饰的蒙脱土与酚醛树脂的相容性能更好;研究了固化过程对纳米复合材料形貌的影响,XRD和TEM的结构表明固化过程可以促进带有脂肪链季铵盐修饰的蒙脱土进一步剥离,对其他两类的影响不大;此外还用TGA研究了纳米复合材料的热性能。     

Thermal stability and oxygen resistance of polypropylene composites with fullerene/montmorillonite hybrid fillers

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Silane coupling agent (KH-550) was used to connect fullerene (C60) with montmorillonite (MMT) to prepare C60-decorated MMT hybrid (C60-Si-MMT), and the...     

SAXS investigation of structure–property relationship of polypropylene/montmorillonite composites during load cycling

Polypropylene (PP) can hardly be reinforced by the layered silicate montmorillonite (MMT), but the material fatigue appears somewhat reduced. The probable reason is amplified competitive nucleation of the PP by MMT component. Utilizing small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) from synchrotron, we investigate the nanostructure evolution of the PP in straining experiments from neat PP and compatibilized composite materials. The compatibilizer is a styrene–ethylene/butylene–styrene copolymer (SEBS). Oriented injection‐molded test bars are studied. The discrete SAXS probes variations of sizes and distances among those crystalline domains that are not placed at random. Crystallite dimensions and distances are documented for modeling purposes. The nanoscopic strain is computed from the distance variation and compared with the macroscopic strain. Differences between macroscopic and nanoscopic strain are observed. They require postulating regions with statistical placement of crystallites (poorly arranged region, PAR) in addition to the SAXS‐probed well‐arranged semi‐crystalline entities (WAE). The extensibility of WAEs must be different from that of the PARs. In neat PP, the observed WAEs are well developed and stronger than the PARs. In the composites, the WAEs are made from thin and less extended crystalline domains. They are weaker than the PARs that appear reinforced. Thus, enclosing each MMT layer a PAR is formed, and the WAEs generated farther away remain imperfect. Consequently, in the composites, the narrow crystalline domains from the WAEs do not break into even smaller pieces, and the fatigue of the composites is lower than that of the neat PP. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Preparation and properties of self-reinforced polypropylene/liquid crystalline polymer composites

A fast and potentially economic method for creating a composite material of polypropylene (PP) with liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) was explored. The LCPs were dispersed in the PP matrix in a conventional extrusion process and subsequently drawn in order to obtain a highly uniaxially molecular orientation of the LCP fibres. The strongest mechanical properties were found after rapid cooling of the blend, which was optimally exploited in thin filaments where cooling was fast enough to prevent fibre break-up and/or orientation relaxation. To enable the production of extrudates which are thick enough to be cut into self-reinforced pellets, a fused multi-filament technology was developed. In this technology several thin filaments were extruded/drawn and rapidly cooled to a temperature between the crystallisation temperatures of the LCP and the PP. After solidification of the LCP, the single filaments were fused to a multifilament strand and further cooled to room temperature. The thick multifilament LCP reinforced PP strands were cut into pellets and used in injection-and compression-moulding processes. This processing took place between the melting temperature of the PP and the LCP, with retention of the aspect ratio and the molecular orientation of the LCP fibres.     

Nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of polypropylene/montmorillonite nanocomposites

The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(propylene) (PP) and poly(propylene)/organic‐montmorillonite (PP/Mont) nanocomposite were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) with various cooling rates. The Avrami analysis modified by previous research was used to describe the nonisothermal crystallization process of PP and PP/Mont nanocomposite very well. The values of half‐time and Z_c showed that the crystallization rate increased with increasing cooling rates for both PP and PP/Mont nanocomposite, but the crystallization rate of PP/Mont nanocomposite was faster than that of PP at a given cooling rate. The activation energies were estimated by the Kissinger method, and the values were 189.4 and 155.7 kJ/mol for PP and PP/Mont nanocomposite, respectively. PP/Mont nanocomposite could be easily fabricated as original PP, although the addition of organomontmorillonite might accelerate the overall nonisothermal crystallization process. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 408–414, 2002; DOI 10.1002/polb.10101     

Preparation and rheological characterization of poly(n-butyl methacrylate)/montmorillonite composites

Intercalated nanocomposites constituted of poly(butyl methacrylate) (PBMA) as the matrix and an organically modified montmorillonite as the nanosize filler were prepared and rheologically characterized in detail. The rheological behavior of the composites showed dependence on both temperature and clay content. For composites of low clay contents, the steady shear viscosity showed a Newtonian plateau in the low shear rate region at low temperatures and the plateau was replaced by a shear-thinning curve when the temperature was raised. For composites of higher clay contents, strong shear-thinning behavior were observed at all shear rates and all temperatures. The viscoelastic data of the composites showed unusual terminal behavior of a decreasing terminal slope at low frequencies with increasing temperature and clay loading. X-ray diffraction spectra showed that annealing process at higher temperatures shifted the Bragg reflection peaks to a lower angle and broadened the peaks, which provided the evidence for the existence of a temperature-induced solid-like structure that was responsible for the shear thinning and the unusual terminal viscoelastic behavior.     

Thermophysical properties of polypropylene/aluminum composites

This article is dedicated to the study of the thermal parameters of composite materials. A nonlinear least‐squares criterion is used on experimental transfer functions to identify the thermal conductivity and the diffusivity of aluminum‐polymer composite materials. The density measurements were achieved to deduce the specific heat and thereafter they were compared to values given by differential scanning calorimetry measurement. The thermal parameters of the composite material polypropylene/aluminum were investigated for the two different types of aluminum filler sizes. The experimental data were compared with several theoretical thermal conductivity prediction models. It was found that both the Agari and Bruggeman models provide a good estimation for thermal conductivity. The experimental values of both thermal conductivity and diffusivity have shown a better heat transport for the composite filled with large particles. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 722–732, 2004     

Thermal characterization of polypropylene/vermiculite composites

Vermiculite clay (VMT) was organically modified with a quaternary organic salt and added to polypropylene (PP). The compounds were prepared by melt intercalation using a twin extruder. The morphology of the composites was investigated through wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). The WAXD results suggested that exfoliation phenomena were found for the composites with modified clay. The thermal properties of the obtained composites were studied by means differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry (TG) measurements. A variation in the crystallinity of PP was found. A significant increase of the thermal stability of PP was achieved in the presence of the modified VMT.     

Effect of montmorillonite on polypropylene crystallization

The effect of additions of pure and modified montmorrilonite on the polypropylene crystallization rate was studied within the framework of Avrami model. In the presence of these fillers in amounts of 2.5–5.0 wt %, both the crystallization rate and the degree of crystallinity increase, and at the content of these fillers increased to 10% and higher values these parameters decrease. Introduction of fillers enhances the mechanical properties of polypropylene, which allows the developed material to be recommended for the production of packaging film.     

Toughness mechanism of polypropylene/elastomer/filler composites

The toughening mechanisms of polypropylene filled with elastomer and calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) particles were studied. Polypropylene/elastomer/CaCO₃ composites were prepared on a twin‐screw extruder with a particle concentration of 0–32 vol %. The experiments included tensile tests, notched Izod impact tests, scanning electron microscopy, and dynamic mechanical analysis. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the elastomer and CaCO₃ particles dispersed separately in the matrix. The modulus of the composites increased, whereas the yield stress decreased with the filler concentration. The impact resistance showed a large improvement with the CaCO₃ concentration. At the same composition (80/10/10 w/w/w), three types of CaCO₃ particles with average diameters of 0.05, 0.6, and 1.0 μm improved the impact fracture energies comparatively. The encapsulation structure of the filler by the grafting elastomer had a detrimental effect on the impact properties because of the strong adhesion between the elastomer and filler and the increasing ligament thickness. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 1113–1123, 2005     

Preparation of polypropylene/silica composites by in-situ sol–gel processing using hyperbranched polyethoxysiloxane

Based on a volatile-free silica liquid precursor polymer—hyperbranched polyethoxysiloxane (PEOS), an industrial compatible in situ sol–gel process for the preparation of polymer/silica nanocomposites has been developed. It has been shown that in the presence of a catalyst water vapor induced a fast conversion of liquid PEOS to solid silica in polypropylene (PP) melt in a twin-screw microcompounder. Solid state NMR showed that the in situ conversion of PEOS proceeded to a large extent. With small amounts of PEOS this procedure yielded PP/silica composites with particle size less than 100 nm. The particle size increased with the PEOS amount blended with PP. Nevertheless, the particles were observed to be homogeneously dispersed within the polymer matrix. PP/silica composites prepared by in situ sol–gel technology showed improved thermal properties, but almost not affected mechanical properties in comparison with pure PP.