Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (11): 2173.

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Synthesis of Polyacrylamide/α-Zirconium Phosphate Nanocomposite by in-situ Intercalative Polymerization and the Characterization of Its Structure

ZHANG Rui1, HU Yuan2, WANG Shi-Long1   

  1. 1. School of Life Science and Technology,Tongji University,Shanghai 200092,China;
    2. State Key Lab of Fire Science,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026,China
  • Received:2005-07-01 Online:2005-11-10 Published:2005-11-10

Abstract: The polyacrylamide(PAM)/α-zirconium phosphate(α-ZrP) nanocomposite was synthesized by in situ intercalative polymerization of acrylamide monomer with α-ZrP exfoliated by methylamine.Its structure and morphology were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD) and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).The results demonstrated that the interlayer distance of α-ZrP was expanded effectively after the polymerization of acrylamide,even forming exfoliated nanocomposite.Both XRD and TEM image confirmed that the most of the layers of α-ZrP were dispersed well in the polymer matrix,and the PAM/α-ZrP intercalated nanocomposite with the d-spacing of about 1.5 nm can be obtained at a high loading of α-ZrP(mass fraction ≥10%).At the same time,some of the layers of α-ZrP were exfoliated and dispersed disorderly in the PMA matrix.

Key words: α-Zirconium phosphate, Polyacrylamide, In-situ intercalative polymerization, Nanocomposite, Preparation

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