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Article: Effects of molecular weight and clay organo-ions on the melt intercalation of poly(ethylene oxide) into layered silicates.(Abstract)
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- Polymer Engineering and Science
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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INTRODUCTION
Nanocomposites are currently topics of intense research interest because their combination with a polymer can lead to much improved properties, even for very small additions. A promising strategy for producing nanoscale organic-inorganic hybrids is to intercalate polymers into layered inorganic hosts.
Polymer intercalation via a solvent medium has been known since early last century (1). Both polymer solution and in-situ polymerization intercalation are methods that have advantages such as the facilitation of encouraging exfoliation (delamination of clay in polymer). However, either method including liquids has limitations for most ...