The combination of Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) with nanoclay has wide commercial applications (such as packaging films and cables), which depend on the vinyl acetate contained in the main chain. As the vinyl acetate content increases, the copolymer presents less crystallinity and different mechanical behavior. EVA with 40 wt% vinyl acetate content (EVA40)/ organoclay nanocomposites w...

 Development of New Polymer Systems and Quantum Dots Polymer Nanocomposites for Flexible OLED Display Applications Lihua Zhao, Zhang-Lin Zhou, Zengshan Guo, Jian Pei, Samuel Mao HP Laboratories HPL-2011-68 Semi-interpenetrating polymer networks, Emissive polymers, Quantum Dots conjugated oligomer/polymers nanocomposites, OLEOs Recently, tremendous progress has been made toward application of o...

Lamellar nanocomposites based on semiconducting polymers incorporated into layered inorganic matrices are prepared by the co-assembly of organic and inorganic precursors. Semiconducting polymer-incorporated silica is prepared by introducing the semiconducting polymers into a tetrahydrofuran (THF)/water homogeneous sol solution containing silica precursor species and a surface-active agent. Semi...

This review reports recent advances in the field of polymer–layered silicate nano composites. Thesematerials have attracted both academic and industrial attention because they exhibit dramaticimprovement in properties at very low filler contents. Herein, the structure, preparation andproperties of polymer–layered silicate nanocomposites are discussed in general, and finally the effectof clay na...

Ionic liquids can typically be synthesized via protonation, alkylation, metathesis, or neutralization reactions. The many types of ionic have increased their attractiveness to researchers for employment in various areas, including polymer composites. Recently, been employed modify nanofillers the fabrication nanocomposites with improved physicochemical properties. In this succinct review, four ...

For the first time, it is shown that water medium allows dissolved methylmethacrylate monomer to penetrate water-swollen natural nanoporous structure of never-dried cotton fibers (biological cellulose fibers). Unique cellulose copolymer nanocomposites are obtained by green nanotechnology process (solvent is water -ideal green solventand reaction conducted at 25oC). It was found that after only ...

Both cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) are nanoscale cellulose fibers that have shown reinforcing effects in polymer nanocomposites. CNCs and CNFs are different in shape, size and composition. This study systematically compared their morphologies, crystalline structure, dispersion properties in polyethylene oxide (PEO) matrix, interactions with matrix, and the resul...

In this work, a novel route to synthesize polymer/metal composite nanospheres has been proposed. This method combines the advantages that the polymer chains collapse and entangle in the presence of compressed CO(2), which acts as antisolvent, and the metal nanoparticles and polymers can be precipitated simultaneously from micellar solutions by the easy control of CO(2) pressure. Ag/polystyrene ...

Polymer based nanocomposites, in which inorganic nanoparticles are dispersed in organic polymer matrices, have attracted materials scientists’ attention owing to their unique properties, resulting from their nano-scale microstructure. Because of their large surface area, nanoparticles interact with the polymer matrix and carry a load effectively. The mechanical properties of these composites ca...

This study investigates the effects of nanostructure size and surface area on the rheological properties of un-cross-linked poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF) nanocomposites and the mechanical properties of cross-linked nanocomposites as a function of the nanostructure loading. Three model carbon nanostructures were examined, C(60) fullerenes, ultra-short single-walled carbon nanotubes (US-tubes) a...