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。

Microstructure and Morphology of Polypropylene/Clay Nanocomposites Synthesized via Intercalative Polymerization

Polypropylene/montmorillonite(PP-MMT) nanocomposites were synthesized via intercalativepolymerization. The morphology evolution and microstructure of the nanocomposites were investigated bymeans of polarized optical microscopy(POM), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), transmssion electronmicroscopy(TEM) and wide angle X ray diffraction (WAXD). It has been found that the big primaryMMT particles were mostly dissociated into smaller secondary particles, which consists of 2~20 individualMMT layers and expanded gallery distance full of PP chains. The morphology evolution model of thePP-MMT during the intercalation polymerization is discussed. It has been also found that the presence ofMMT influences the spherulite morphology of the polypropylene in the PP-MMT nanocomposites with in-creasing of MMT content in nanocomposite, the dimension of the spherulite reduced and the shape becamedistorted.