Properties of epoxy and unsaturated polyester nanocomposites with polycation modified montmorillonites

Effect of zeolite and boric acid on epoxy-based composites

“…The incorporation of different types flame retardant into epoxy resin has been investigated in order to improve its thermal characteristics. [1][2][3][4][5] Boron compounds, including boric acid, are known as effective flame-retardant additives. [6,7] Water released from boric acid at the heating dilutes the combustible gaseous products and reduces polymer temperature and its degradation.…”

“…Epoxy resins are used as construction material, for coating and adhesive applications. The incorporation of different types flame retardant into epoxy resin has been investigated in order to improve its thermal characteristics …”

Effects of length and organic modification of attapulgite nanorods on attapulgite/polystyrene nanocomposite via in-situ radical bulk polymerization

“…For the purpose, the clay minerals should be modified with polymer chains and then the polymer grafted clay minerals are physically mixed with the desired polymer matrices. However, the polymer grafted clay minerals have to be separated from the free ungrafted polymer in both "grafting onto" (Bi et al, 2014;Sebenik et al, 2015) or "grafting from" (Jiang and Abe, 2015) methods, only when the surface-initiated controlled/"living" radical polymerization technique is utilized in the "grafting from" approach (Liu et al, 2014a). The tedious process restricts the practical application of the strategy or the mass industrial production.…”

“…To improve the dispersibility of the clay mineral nanomaterials in the polymer matrices and enhance the interfacial property of the resultant clay mineral/polymer nanocomposites through the physical blending approach, the clay mineral nanomaterials should be surface modified with the organic groups (Huskic et al, 2013;Carli et al, 2014;Ianchis et al, 2015) or polymers (Bi et al, 2014;Liu et al, 2014a;Sebenik et al, 2015).…”

Effect of addition of clay minerals on the properties of epoxy/polyester powder coatings

“…Studies with muscovite mica, which is a layered structure with a high degree of crystallographic orientation, show an improvement in barrier properties such as gas permeability, chemical resistance and flammability. Another feature is the low cost of these clays and thus a smaller load combined with a high level of performance can be used [12][13][14] .…”