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POLYMER COMPOSITES
Volume 29, Issue 9, Pages 1014-1019Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pc.20427
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A new method of surface chemical modification of nano-SiO2 was proposed in the paper. In the presence of catalyst, the active hydroxyl groups on the surface of nano-SiO2 reacted with AB(2)-type monomer (N,N-dihydroxyethyl-3-amino methyl propionate) by one-step polycondensation. And the product's Fourier transform infrared graphs and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images proved that hyperbranched poly(amineester) (HPAE) was grafted from nano-SiO2 surface successfully. Moreover, polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/modified nano-SiO2 composites were made by melt-blending. The composites' structures and mechanical properties were characterized by TEM, scanning electron microscopy, and electronic universal testing machine. The results showed that nano-SiO2 grafted by HPAE increased obviously in dispersion in PVC matrix, and mechanical properties of PVC were effectively improved. Additionally, it was found that mechanical properties of PVC/nano-SiO2 composites reached the best when weight percent of nano-SiO2 in PVC matrix was 1%. Compared with crude PVC, the tensile strength of HPAE grafted nano-SiO2/PVC composite increased by 24.68% and its break elongation, flexural strength, and impact strength increased by 15.73, 4.07, and 184.84%, respectively.
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