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- Title
Ultra-high enhancement in the toughness of polyethylene by exfoliated natural clay nanosheets.
- Authors
Cai, Dongyu; Song, Mo
- Abstract
ABSTRACT The full exfoliation of inorganic natural clay was engineered in a nonpolar polyethylene following a novel method without the involvement of any chemical modification to the surface of silicate layers. Tensile results showed that the toughening effect was dependent of strain rates, and the toughness of polyethylene was substantially improved by nearly five times with 0.5 wt % natural clay nanosheets at a strain rate of 0.15 s−1. Toughening mechanism was also discussed based on this new exfoliated system. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015, 132, 41314.
- Subjects
POLYETHYLENE synthesis; ANALYSIS of clay; PHYLLOSILICATES; POLYOLEFIN manufacturing; CARBON composites; MOLECULAR structure of nanostructured materials
- Publication
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2015, Vol 132, Issue 1, pn/a
- ISSN
0021-8995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/app.41314