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Article: Synthesis of exfoliated PP/LDH nanocomposites via melt-intercalation: structure, thermal properties, and photo-oxidative behavior in comparison with PP/MMT nanocomposites.(polypropylene)(montmorillonites)
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- Polymer Engineering and Science
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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INTRODUCTION
The very large commercial importance of polypropylene (PP) has been driving an intense investigation of PP/layered inorganic filler nanocomposites. These nanocomposites reinforced by layered inorganic fillers were endowed with various unique properties, such as improved mechanical properties, thermal stability, flame retardance, and gas barrier properties [1-3]. So far, the majority of the research work has been focused on the layered silicate materials, especially the cationic montmorillonites (MMT), while the polymer/layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanocomposites have much less reports in the literature.
LDHs are anionic layered materials ...