Structuring & rheology of molten polymer/clay nanocomposites

Y Xu, Y Xu - Chinese journal of polymer science, 2005 - World Scientific
The evolution and the origin of" solid-like state" in molten polymer/clay nanocomposites are
studied. Using polypropylene/clay hybrid (PPCH) with sufficient maleic anhydride modified …

Melt‐compounding of PP/clay nanocomposite and relationship between its microstructure and shear strain in the flow field based on rheological analysis

G Jiang, HX Huang - Polymer Engineering & Science, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Polypropylene (PP)/clay nanocomposite was melt‐compounded using high shearing/mixing
and chaotic mixing, the former provided by kneading block sections in twin‐screw extruder …

Effect of compatibilizer content on the shear and extensional rheology of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites

Q Li, Q Yang, Y Huang, G Chen, Y Lv - Journal of Macromolecular …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The shear and extensional rheology of polypropylene (PP)/organoclay nanocomposites in
the presence of various maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (PP-g-MA) compatibilizer …

Shear-induced structure in polymer–clay nanocomposite solutions

S Lin-Gibson, H Kim, G Schmidt, CC Han… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2004 - Elsevier
The equilibrium structure and shear response of model polymer–clay nanocomposite gels
are measured using X-ray scattering, light scattering, optical microscopy, and rheometry …

Melt rheology of polylactide/montmorillonite nanocomposites

SY Gu, J Ren, B Dong - Journal of Polymer Science Part B …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, the linear and nonlinear shear rheological behaviors of polylactide (PLA)/clay
(organophilic‐montmorillonite) nanocomposites (PLACNs) were investigated by an …

Unusual rheological characteristics of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites in continuous cooling process

X Fan, Z Wang, K Wang, H Deng… - Journal of Applied …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The cooling process of isotactic polypropylene (iPP)/organoclay nanocomposites was
followed by dynamic rheometry. Contrasting to typical linear increment of log G′ with …

Dynamic mechanical study of clay dispersion in maleated polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites

Y Wang, SW Huang, JY Guo - Polymer composites, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Morphological characteristics and the dynamic mechanical properties of maleic anhydride
grafted polypropylene (PPgMA) and its clay‐filled nanocomposites with different degrees of …

Preparation and linear rheological behavior of polypropylene/MMT nanocomposites

L Jian, C Zhou, W Gang, Y Wei, T Ying… - Polymer …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Maleic anhydride grafted low isotactic homopolypropylene elastomer (LiPP‐g‐MAH) is used
as a compatibilizer in the melting mixing of polypropylene (PP) and clay. The microstructures …

Rheology of poly (propylene)/clay nanocomposites

SY Gu, J Ren, QF Wang - Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The linear and nonlinear shear rheological behaviors of poly (propylene)(PP)/clay
(organophilic‐montmorillonite) nanocomposites (PP/org‐MMT) were investigated by an …

Intercalated polypropylene/clay nanocomposite and its physical characteristics

JH Park, HM Lee, IJ Chin, HJ Choi, HK Kim… - Journal of Physics and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Polypropylene (PP)/organo-clay nanocomposites were prepared via a melt-mixing method
through two-step melt compounding in a co-rotating intermeshing twin-screw extruder …