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EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
Volume 90, Issue -, Pages 418-430Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.03.008
Keywords
Polyamide-11; Nanocomposites; Halloysite; Grafting; Polymer blends
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- EGIDE through the Tassili program [13MDU891]
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Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) were functionalized by grafting styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) copolymer chains after a two-step modification procedure. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and pyrolysis-gas chromatography mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) were used to determine the grafting rate. Then, raw and functionalized halloysites were incorporated into polyamide-11(PA11)/styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene grafted maleic anhydride (SEBS-g-MA) blends (85/15 w/w). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs show a good dispersion of both halloysites particles and SEBS-g-MA nodules in the PA11 matrix. In the case of functionalized halloysite, the presence of HNTs bundles surrounded with fine SEBS-g-MA nodules is observed. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) also highlighted the different blends morphologies. Incorporation of functionalized halloysite leads to an improvement of the thermal properties without affecting the PAll crystallization. Moreover, mechanical performance, especially toughness, was highly improved in the presence of functionalized halloysite due to a good stress transfer from the matrix to the modified halloysite agglomerates surrounded by SEBS-g-MA.
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