The aim of this study was to produce Carboxy Methyl Cellulose (CMC) and Poly Vinyl Alcohol (PVA) films and to enhance their properties by reinforcing them with nanoclay particles. Thus, nanocomposite films were prepared with blending of CMC and PVA, as a matrix and several filler loadings of nanoclay particles. The various formulations of nanocomposite films obtained with casting m...

The tensile properties of multiscale, hybrid, thermoplastic-based nanocomposites reinforced with nano-CaCO3 particles and micro–short glass fibers (SGF) were predicted by a two-step, three-dimensionalmodel using ANSYS finite element (FE) software. Cylindrical and cuboid representative volume elements were generated to obtain the effective behavior of the multiscale hybrid composites. In the fir...

In this work, we propose a comprehensive multi-scale three-dimensional (3D) resistor network numerical model to predict the piezoresistivity behavior of a nanocomposite material composed of an insulating polymer matrix and conductive carbon nanotubes (CNTs). This material is expected to be used as highly sensitive resistance-type strain sensors due to its high piezoresistivity defined as the re...

Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-montmorillonite (MMT) clay nanocomposite films up to 10 wt% clay concentration were synthesized by aqueous solution grown technique. The relative complex dielectric function, alternating current electrical conductivity, electric modulus and impedance properties of these organic-inorganic nanocomposites were investigated in the frequency range from 20 Hz to 1 MHz at amb...

Nanocomposites of encapsulated silica nanoparticles were prepared by in situ emulsion polymerization of acrylate monomers. The synthesized material showed good uniformity and dispersion of the inorganic components in the base polymer, which enhances the properties of the nanocomposite material. A nonionic surfactant with lower critical solution temperature (LCST) was used to encapsulate the sil...

0014-3057/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Ltd doi:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.06.002 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +86 451 82518 82518644. E-mail address: [email protected] (X. Lu). A new method of surface modification of TiO2 nanoparticles by surface-grafting L-lactic acid oligomer was developed. The surface-grafting reaction was evaluated by Fourier transformation infrared (FTIR) and thermal ...

In this study, cellulose nanocrystals/zinc oxide (CNCs/ZnO) nanocomposites were dispersed as bifunctional nano-sized fillers into poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and chitosan (Cs) blend by a solvent casting method to prepare PVA/Cs/CNCs/ZnO bio-nanocomposites films. The morphology, thermal, mechanical and UV-vis absorption properties, as well antimicrobial effects of the bio-nanocomposite films were ...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are probably the strongest material ever known with outstanding mechanical, electrical and physical properties [1, 2]. It is postulated that by transferring these fabulous properties as reinforcements in inorganic matrices, a new class of nanocomposite to meet the requirement of advanced applications will be generated. Al2O3 ceramics have been widely used for structural,...

In polymer nanocomposites, many researchers suspect that the weak interface between the host matrix and nanoparticles is responsible for the often observed reduction in the strain-to-failure relative to the pristine host matrix [1]. In 2004, a new test methodology [2] was proposed for observing the onset of clay-matrix debonding in transparent clay based nanocomposites, with the debonding proce...