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Thermo-mechanical Properties of Copolymer/Clay Nanocomposites: A Comparative Study of Production Method by In-situ and Solution Mixture

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Proceedings of the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress

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Abstract

The field of polymer/clay nanocomposites is a new route for preparing polymers with enhance properties like higher modulus, thermal stability, better barrier properties, chemical resistance and electrical conductivity. In this work, nanoclay montmorillonite (MMT) was incorporated as reinforcement to a copolymer matrix, containing 0, 5% and 10 wt% of nanoclay. Two different processes were used to prepare the nanocomposites: (a) via in-situ (MMT-IN) and the (b) solution mixing (MMT-B). These nanocomposites show an increase in their glass transition temperature, Tg, studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and also a rise by an order of magnitude in the Young’s modulus for both series. On the other hand, the study of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) for the two series IN and B with addition of montmorillonite clay nanoparticles showed a decreasing behavior in thermal decomposition temperatures, Tdec, relative to the neat copolymer matrix.

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O. Hernández-Guerrero was supported by graduate scholarship from the Mexican Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT).

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  1. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas e Ingeniería, Centro de Investigación en Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    Oscar Hernandez-Guerrero

  2. Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM, Av. Universidad s/n, Col. Chamilpa, 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    Oscar Hernandez-Guerrero, Rubén Castillo-Pérez, Mireya Lizbeth Hernández-Vargas & Bernardo Fabián Campillo-Illanes

  3. Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria D.F, 04510, Mexico city, Mexico

    Rubén Castillo-Pérez, Mireya Lizbeth Hernández-Vargas & Bernardo Fabián Campillo-Illanes

  4. Posgrado de Ingeniería, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria D.F, 04519, Mexico city, Mexico

    Rubén Castillo-Pérez & Mireya Lizbeth Hernández-Vargas

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  1. Dept. of Nanoengineering, MC 0448, University of California-San Diego Dept. of Nanoengineering, MC 0448, LA JOLLA, California, USA

    Marc André Meyers

  2. ESFM-IPN , Mexico City, Mexico

    Hector Alfredo Calderon Benavides

  3. UTN-National University of Technology , Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Sonia P Brühl

  4. Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín, Colombia

    Henry A Colorado

  5. Pratt & Whitney Canada , Longueuil, Canada

    Elvi Dalgaard

  6. Military Institute of Engineering , Rio de Janerio, Brazil

    Carlos Nelson Elias

  7. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Roberto B Figueiredo

  8. Ternium Mexico , Nuevo León, Mexico

    Omar Garcia-Rincon

  9. Division of Materials Sci & Engg, Hanyang University Division of Materials Sci & Engg, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Megumi Kawasaki

  10. Dept. Engineering & the Environment, University of Southampton Dept. Engineering & the Environment, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Terence G. Langdon

  11. University of Concepción , Concepción, Chile

    R.V. Mangalaraja

  12. Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería , Lima, Peru

    Mery Cecilia Gomez Marroquin

  13. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Adriana da Cunha Rocha

  14. Dept Chemical Engg & Sci, University of California, Irvine Dept Chemical Engg & Sci, Irvine, California, USA

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  15. Universidade Federal Fluminense , Niterói, Brazil

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    Mary Wells

  17. ETH Zurich , Zürich, Switzerland

    Wen Yang

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Hernandez-Guerrero, O., Castillo-Pérez, R., Hernández-Vargas, M.L., Campillo-Illanes, B.F. (2017). Thermo-mechanical Properties of Copolymer/Clay Nanocomposites: A Comparative Study of Production Method by In-situ and Solution Mixture. In: Meyers, M., et al. Proceedings of the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52132-9_46

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