Efficient one-step melt-compounding of copolyetheramide/pristine clay nanocomposites using water-injection as intercalating/exfoliating aid

Autor: J. Soulestin, F. Touchaleaume, M. Sclavons, J. Devaux, F. Cordenier, P. Van Velthem, J. J. Flat, M. F. Lacrampe, P. Krawczak
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: eXPRESS Polymer Letters, Vol 5, Iss 12, Pp 1085-1101 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1788-618X
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.106
Popis: Polyether-block-amide (PEBA) /clay nanocomposites were prepared water-assisted by twin-screw extrusion. Both organomodified and pristine (i.e. purified but non-modified) montmorillonite clays were used. A high-pressure differential scanning calorimetry analysis carried out in the processing conditions demonstrated that PEBA/water blend exhibits some miscibility and that amide blocks and water behave as a single phase. In addition to a significant decrease of the melting temperature, water injected into the melt plays a key role among the filler dispersion and prevents the matrix from degradation during melt-extrusion. This process enables the compounding of pristine clay-based nanocomposites whose dispersion state is high enough for the resulting mechanical performances in tension to be at least equivalent to what is reached with organomodified clay. Effects of the nanofiller dispersion onto the macromolecules’ mobility are detailed and fracture mechanisms are identified for the various structures.
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