Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (10): 1767.

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Preparation and Characterization of Polypropylene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites by Intercalative Polymerization

MA Ji-Sheng, QI Zong-Neng, ZHANG Shu-Fan, WANG Xin, CHEN Shi-Juan, HU You-Liang   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
  • Received:2000-09-27 Online:2001-10-24 Published:2001-10-24

Abstract: Polypropylene/montmorillonite(PP/MMT) nanocomposites were prepared via intercalative polymerization. The wide angle X-ray diffractometer(WAXD) patterns and the transmission electron microscope(TEM) images of the PP/MMTnanocomposites showed the MMTlayers were exfoliated into nanometer size and dispersed uniformly in the PPmatrix. The nanocomposites exhibited much higher storage modulus compared to that of pure PP. Especially at the temperature higher than Tg, the storage modulus of PP/clay nanocomposites was about three times that of pure PP. The maximum decomposition temperature and HDTof the nanocomposites remarkably increased with the increasing of MMTcontent.

Key words: PP nanocomposites, Montmorillonite, Intercalative polymerization

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