TY - JOUR
T1 - Expandable graphite/polyamide-6 nanocomposites
AU - Uhl, Fawn M.
AU - Yao, Qiang
AU - Nakajima, Hiroyoshi
AU - Manias, E.
AU - Wilkie, Charles A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was performed under the sponsorship of the US Department of Commence, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Grant Number 70NANB6D0119. The authors thank Ms. M. Hazen (Penn State LSC) for aiding with the TEM studies. HN acknowledges support from Sumitomo Chemical, Japan, and EM from the “Virginia S. and Philip L. Walker Jr.” Endowed Faculty Fellowship and the AFOSR.
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - Polyamide-6 (PA-6)/graphite nanocomposites were prepared by melt blending, using a variety of graphites, including virgin graphite, expandable graphites and expanded graphite. The resulting nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, cone calorimetry, and tensile mechanical analysis. Nanocomposite formation does occur, as denoted by the nanometre dispersion of graphite layers in the polymer matrix, and the dispersion depends on the graphite treatment. The material properties of the resulting composites are improved relative to the virgin/unfilled polymer; in particular, there is an enhancement of the thermal stability without any significant deterioration of the mechanical properties.
AB - Polyamide-6 (PA-6)/graphite nanocomposites were prepared by melt blending, using a variety of graphites, including virgin graphite, expandable graphites and expanded graphite. The resulting nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, cone calorimetry, and tensile mechanical analysis. Nanocomposite formation does occur, as denoted by the nanometre dispersion of graphite layers in the polymer matrix, and the dispersion depends on the graphite treatment. The material properties of the resulting composites are improved relative to the virgin/unfilled polymer; in particular, there is an enhancement of the thermal stability without any significant deterioration of the mechanical properties.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2005.01.004
DO - 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2005.01.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:17044407988
SN - 0141-3910
VL - 89
SP - 70
EP - 84
JO - Polymer Degradation and Stability
JF - Polymer Degradation and Stability
IS - 1
ER -