Hindered phenolic antioxidants have
been extensively recognized
and applied to boost the heat resistance and oxidative aging performance
of poly(propylene) (PP) composites. Low-molecular-weight antioxidants
are easy to volatilize, migrate, and be extracted from PP or PP-based
products, which can directly reduce the antithermal oxidative aging
effect of PP and its composites, and it can contaminate food or drugs
under its packaging. The design of an efficient and durable antioxidant
with antimigration performance has drawn the attention of researchers.
Currently, three main approaches are explored: (I) enhancement of
molecular weight, that is, high molecular weight of antioxidants can
stimulate the structure stability and the resistance toward migration;
(II) inorganic immobilization, which involves immobilizing the antioxidants
on inorganic substrate to enhance the dispersion and the antimigration
performance; and (III) intercalation-mediated assembly, which involved
intercalating low-molecular-weight antioxidants into the interlayer
region of a layered host to boost antimigration performance based
on the host–guest interaction.