Enabling controlled dispersion in polyethylene nanocomposites using small-angle scattering
| Autor: | Yvonne A. Akpalu, Zhicheng Xiao, Ying Li |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Nanocomposite Materials science Polymers and Plastics Scanning electron microscope Nanoparticle General Chemistry Polymer Polyethylene Light scattering chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Materials Chemistry Ceramics and Composites Small-angle scattering Composite material Dispersion (chemistry) |
| Zdroj: | Polymer Composites. 30:559-568 |
| ISSN: | 0272-8397 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pc.20587 |
| Popis: | In this article, we present some key results that demonstrate the useful application of light scattering to characterize the dispersion of nanoparticles in polymer matrix, using polyethylene nanocomposite as an example. Our results show that the dispersions of nanoparticles in polyethylene nanocomposite, that influence the thermomechanical properties of polyethylene nanocomposites, can be characterized by using small angle light scattering. This proposition is motivated by recent synthetic and morphological characterization progress towards achieving ideally dispersed polyethylene nanocomposites. Our results are significant because it is shown that using light, size and shape features that correlate well with the scanning electron microscopy observations of nanoparticle dispersion can be obtained using our unique vertical light scattering set-up. POLYM. COMPOS., 2009. © 2008 Society of Plastics Engineers |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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