Green Nanocomposites from Rosin-Limonene Copolymer and Algerian Clay

Polyolefin-Clay Nanocomposites from Olefin Polymerization between Clay Layers

This mini-review article addresses the development in synthesizing polyolefin/clay nanocomposites by olefin polymerization under catalysis of clay intercalated precatalysts in recent years. The review comprises three parts which focus on mainly the synthetic route, structural characterization, and properties of polyolefin/clay nanocomposites, respectively. Moreover, outlook for future research ...

Rubber Clay Nanocomposites

Clay-fulleropyrrolidine nanocomposites.

In this work, we describe the insertion of a water-soluble bisadduct fulleropyrrolidine derivative into the interlayer space of three layered smectite clays. The composites were characterized by a combination of powder X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoemission and FTIR spectroscopies, and laser flash photolysis measurements. The experiments, complemented by comput...

Natural rubber-clay nanocomposites

The mechanical properties of non-vulcanized natural rubber and dialyzed natural rubber-clay nanocomposites have been studied by uniaxial deformations to evaluate the reinforcement efficiency of the clay. We show that while non-rubber molecules contribute to auto-reinforcement, removal of these molecules improves significantly the performance of clay as reinforcement agent. These mechanical prop...

Thermal properties of ethylene octene copolymer (Engage)/ dimethyldioctadecyl quaternary ammonium chloride-modified montmorillonite clay nanocomposites

The nanocomposites of ethylene octene copolymer (Engage ) with an organically modified (dimethyldioctadecyl quaternary ammonium chloride) montmorillonite (M-MMT) clay were synthesized by using a solution intercalation technique. The intercalation of M-MMT layers for M-MMT loading of 2.5–7.5% was verified by the shift of X-ray diffraction peak to a lower angle, showing change in basal d-spacing ...