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EXPRESS POLYMER LETTERS
Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 543-552Publisher
BUDAPEST UNIV TECHNOL & ECON
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2019.46
Keywords
nanocomposites; epoxidized novolac; epoxidized polystyrene; clay; thermal stability
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- Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
- Nano Drug Delivery Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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A novel epoxy nanocomposite composed of epoxidized novolac (ENR), epoxidized polystyrene (EPSt), and nanoclay was fabricated and characterized successfully. For this purpose, the novolac was epoxylated using a substitution nucleophilic reaction between hydroxyl group of novolac and chlorine group of epichlorohydrin. The EPSt was synthesized through the oxidizing of an allylated PSt (All-PSt). A mixture of ENR (70 wt%), EPSt (20 wt%) and Cloisite (R) 20A (5 wt%) was cured using ethylenediamine (EDA; 5 wt%) to afford a C-ENR-EPSt/clay nanocomposite. The transition electron microscopy (TEM) as well as powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed that the fabricated nanocomposite has an exfoliated structure. As the thermal property studies results, the addition of EPSt as well as Cloisite (R) 20A has synergistic effect on the thermal stability of the ENR resin.
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