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Optical Probes for Monitoring Intercalation and Exfoliation in Melt Processed Polymer Nanocomposites

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Author(s)

P H. Maupin, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Richard H. Harris Jr., S Bellayer, Anthony J. Bur, S C. Roth, A B. Morgan, J R. Harris, M Murariu

Abstract

Laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy of the optical probe Nile Blue A in polymer clay nanocomposites is described. Concentration quenching of fluorescence dominates probe behavior until the clay platelets are physically separated by polymer intercalation. Further separation into an exfoliated structure results in an intense increase in probe fluorescence. Preliminary results indicate the ability to discriminate between intercalated and exfoliated structures in nanocomposites formed by melt processing.
Citation
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

extrusion, fluorescence, laser, nanocomposite, organoclay
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Citation

Maupin, P. , Gilman, J. , Harris Jr., R. , Bellayer, S. , Bur, A. , Roth, S. , Morgan, A. , Harris, J. and Murariu, M. (2021), Optical Probes for Monitoring Intercalation and Exfoliation in Melt Processed Polymer Nanocomposites, Macromolecular Rapid Communications (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created October 12, 2021
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