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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Volume 43, Issue 3, Pages 534-542Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pola.20536
Keywords
polystyrene; clay; atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP); nanocomposites
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Covalently bonded layered silicated/polystyrene nanocomposites were synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization in the presence of initiator-modified layered silicate. The resulting nanocomposites had an intercalated and partially exfoliated structure, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The thermal properties of the nanocomposites improved substantially over those of neat polystyrene. In particular, a maximum increase of 35.5 degreesC in the degradation temperature was displayed by these nanocomposites. Additionally, the surface elastic modulus and hardness of these nanocomposites were more than double those of pure polystyrene. (C) 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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