Influence of processing technique on morphology and mechanical properties of PVC nanocomposites

Nanocomposites for Vehicle Structural Applications

“…According to (Lux Research, 2004 (Galgali et al, 2004), polyvinylidene fluoridenanoclay nanocomposites (Dillon et al 2006) and nanoclay-modified rigid polyurethane foam (Widy & Macosko, 2005) have shown exhibit improved properties when compared to their bulk polymer constituents and conventional macro-composite counterparts. Numerous studies have reported the improvement of energy absorption of nanoclay/polymer nanocomposites (Chen & Evans, 2008;Sterky et al, 2010;Iqbal et al, 2009;Njuguna et al, 2008). For example, John et al (John et al, 2010) have shown that the incorporation of 2 and 4 vol.…”

“…Multi-wall carbon nanotubes (Kostopoulos et al, 2010) Polystyrene Cu 2 S nanoparticles (Capezzuto et al, 2010) Polystyrene Ammonium-treated montmorillonite clay (Chen & Evans, 2008) Nylon 6 Organoclay (Lim et al, 2010) Polyvinyl chloride Organically modified montmorillonite (Sterky et al, 2010) Polyoxymethylene Zinc oxide (Wacharawichanant et al, 2008) Epoxy matrix Poly(acrylonitrile-co-butadieneco-styrene) (ABS), clay (layered nanofiller) and nano-TiO 2 (Mirmohseni & Zavareh, 2010) Carbon fiber-epoxy Octadeclyamine modified montmorillonite s (Iqbal et al, 2009) Polyacrylate (PA), polyimide(PI) and polypropylene (PP)…”

The role of organic modification of layered nanosilicates on mechanical and surface properties of organic–inorganic coatings

“…[1][2][3][4] These organic-inorganic (O-I) nanocomposites contained only a few wt% of clay admixtures but showed significantly improved physical and mechanical properties in comparison with the corresponding pure nylon polymer. Since then, a number of O-I nanocomposites made from layered silicates and from various polymeric matrices, e.g., polyamide (PA) and PA blends, [5][6][7][8][9] polyolefins and their copolymers and blends, [10][11][12][13][14] rubber and derivates, 15,16 polyvinylchloride, 17 polyurethane, 18 epoxide, 19 polyaniline, 20 etc. (see also reviews 21,22 ) have been studied all over the world.…”

“…The first polymeric elastomer (based on polydimethylsiloxane) reinforced by the in situ formed (sol-gel) silica nanostructures was prepared almost 30 years ago, 23 but the marked spread in the use of sol-gel processes for the preparation O-I hybrid nanocomposites started approximately 20 years ago thanks to the Toyota research group. [1][2][3][4] Both the ''pioneer'' [1][2][3][4] and recent articles [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] show that every polymer-clay nanocomposite is unique, and that its properties depend on (i) polymer and silicate material, (ii) composition, and (iii) procedure of nanocomposite preparation. Therefore a detailed study of the kinetics and mechanism of the preparation of each new nanocomposite and its multidisciplinary characterization is necessary, despite the number of articles, conference contribution, books, etc.…”

Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Nanocomposites Prepared in the Suspension Polymerization Process. Part I. PVC Filled with Hybrid Nanofiller

“…The films stretched close to the PVC softening temperature showed higher crystallinity degree what positively affected tensile strength and Young's modulus of the films. However, some authors reported unacceptable decrease in impact properties of PVC/MMT composites (at 5 phr of clay) [26]. Dielectric properties of PVC and its nanocomposites are also subject of studies [27,28].…”