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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 44, Issue 24, Pages 9710-9722Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma201711r
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- Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology [PiENEDelta 03EDelta581, PiABET 05PAB96, SigmaYNEPGamma ASigmaIA 09SigmaYN-42-580]
- European Union [NMP3-CT-2005-506621]
- NATO Scientific Affairs Division
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The polymer chain conformation under confinement and the morphology of the nanohybrid materials are investigated in hydrophilic polymer/layered silicate nano composites. A series of poly(ethylene oxide)/sodium montmorillonite hybrids were synthesized utilizing melt intercalation with compositions covering the complete range from pure polymer to pure clay. Intercalated nanocomposites with mono- and bilayers of PEO chains are obtained in all cases. The intercalated chains as well as the ones adsorbed on the outer surface of the clay particles remain purely amorphous; their conformation, however, exhibits different characteristics from those of the amorphous neat polymer melt. It is only for compositions where a large amount of excess polymer exists outside the completely full galleries that the polymer crystallinity is recovered.
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