Composite Materials

Polymer Nanocomposites from Functionalized Polyolefins

Paul D.R., University of Texas at Austin, US

Polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites formed from the organically modified clay mineral montmorillonite and related materials have attracted a great deal of technological and scientific interest in the past decade. These composites offer the promise of greatly [...]

Mechanical Reinforcement of Epoxy Resins using Magnetic Aligned Halloysite

Mendoza-Bello S., Barrientos-Ramirez S., Montes de Oca G., Flores-Santos L., Macro-M, S.A. de C.V., MX

In this work we report the synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles using halloysite as template. Halloysite is treated using a two steps activation method (Sn/Pd) and in a third step ferrite is formed using a coprecipitation [...]

Release-ability of nano fillers from different nanomaterials

Tardif F., Golanski L., Guiot A., Pras M., CEA-Grenoble, FR

The nanoparticles are finding new industrial applications every day in fields as diverse as electronics, biomedicine, pharmaceutics, cosmetology, chemical catalysis, new materials, and others. We are about to witness the advent of a new era [...]

Characterization of airborne particles released by the combustion of Nanocomposites

Motzkus C., Chivas-Joly C., Guillaume E., Ducourtieux S., Saragoza L., Lesenechal D., Macé T., Laboratoire National de Metrologie et d’Essais, FR

Day after day, new applications using nanoparticles appear in industry, increasing the probability to find these particles in workplaces as well as in ambient air. As epidemiological studies have shown an association between increased particulate [...]

Evaluations of PP-g-GMA and PP-g-HEMA as a Compatibilizer for Polypropylene/Clay Nanocomposites

Kim D-H., Son Y., Kongju National University, KR

In this study, we investigated the performances of a hydroxy ethyl methacrylate grafted PP (PP-g-HEMA) and a glycidyl methacrylate grafted PP (PP-g-GMA) as compatibilizers in PP/clay nanocomposites. The compatibilizers were prepared by melt grafting with [...]

The magnetic properties optimization in diluted magnetic oxide semiconductor nanoparticles obtained by a modified co-precipitation approach in intrazeolitic networks

Bosinceanu R., Iacomi F., Al.I.Cuza, RO

Ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) has been a subject of great scientific and technological interest for the past few years due to its implications for spintronics, advanced magneto-optics and sensors applications. Our research involves [...]

Nanohybrid silica/polymer subcritical aerogels

Fidalgo A., Ilharco L.M., Farinha J.P.S., Martinho J.M.G., Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, PT

Novel nanohybrid silica/polymer aerogels were produced by the soft sol-gel process, under subcritical conditions. They are hydrophobic, monolithic, and with improved mechanical properties. These materials may well be the answer to low cost-high performance insulators. [...]

Magnetic Dye-Adsorbent Catalyst: A “Core-Shell” Nanocomposite

Shukla S., Varma M.R., Suresh K.G., Warrier K.G.K., Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), IN

A magnetic dye-adsorbent catalyst has been developed which is the modification of the conventional magnetic photocatalyst. It consists of a nanocomposite particle having a “core-shell” structure, with a magnetic ceramic particle as a core and [...]

Development of Melt Blown Electrospinning Apparatus of Isotactic Polyproylene

Watanabe K., Lee K.H., Lee Y.J., Nakamura T., Lee K.H., Lee Y.J., Kim B.S., Kim I.S., Kim K.W., Kim B.S., Kim I.S., Kim K.W., Kim B.S., Kim I.S., Kim K.W., Shinshu University, JP

Melt blown electrospinning is a method of combining melt blown with melt electrospinning. In this study, we developed the multi nozzle melt blown electrospinning machine. The significant point of this method is to use air [...]