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Dielectric Spectroscopy During Extrusion Processing of Polymer Nanocomposites: a High Throughput Processing/Characterization Method to Measure Layered Silicate Content and Exfoliation

September 1, 2004
Author(s)
Rick D. Davis, Anthony J. Bur, M M. McBrearty, Y E. Lee, Jeffrey W. Gilman, P R. Start
Dielectric spectroscopy was conducted during extrusion processing of polyamide-6 (PA6) and layered silicate/polyamide-6 nanocomposites. Dielectric dispersion parameters were identified that appear sensitive to layered silicate concentration and degree of

Real-Time Monitoring of Polymer Nanocomposites Composition during Extrusion Compounding

September 1, 2004
Author(s)
Rick D. Davis, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Anthony J. Bur, M M. McBrearty, P R. Start, Young J. Lee
Dielectirc spectroscopy was conducted during extrusion processing of polyamide-6 (PA6) and layered silicate/polyamide-6 manocomposites. Dielectric dispersion parameteers were identified that appear sensitive to layered silicate concentration and degree of

Improved Thermal Stability of Organically Modified Layered Silicates

April 1, 2004
Author(s)
Rick D. Davis, Jeffrey W. Gilman, T E. Sutto, J H. Callahan, Paul C. Trulove, Hugh C. De Long
Bromide containing impurities were found to decrease the thermal stability of quaternary alkyl ammonium modified layered silicates. Improved purification procedures completely removed these bromide anions and led to a 20 C to > 100 C increase in organic

INVESTIGATION OF NANODISPERSION IN POLYSTYRENE -MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES BY SOLID STATE NMR

December 15, 2003
Author(s)
S Bourbigot, Jeffrey W. Gilman, David L. VanderHart, W H. Awad, Rick D. Davis, A B. Morgan, C A. Wilkie
Nanocomposites result from combinations of materials with vastly different properties at the nanometer scale. These materials exhibit many unique properties, such as improved thermal stability, reduced flammability, and improved mechanical properties. Many

High Throughput Methods for Polymer Nanocomposites Research: Extrusion, Nmr Characterization and Flammability Property Screening.

November 1, 2003
Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Gilman, S Bourbigot, John R. Shields, Marc R. Nyden, Takashi Kashiwagi, Rick D. Davis, David L. VanderHart, W Demory, C A. Wilkie, A B. Morgan, J R. Harris, R Lyon
Several, recent, revolutionary advances in combinatorial (or high throughput, HT) polymer science have appeared in the literature, which significantly accelerate the rate of data generation. Although these new HT approaches may in part have been inspired

Flame Retardant Mechanism of Silica - Effects of Molecular Weight of Resin

April 1, 2003
Author(s)
Takashi Kashiwagi, John R. Shields, Richard H. Harris Jr., Rick D. Davis
The effects of resin molecular weight, M w, on the flame retardant mechanism of silica were studied using two different molecular weights of PMMA, 122,000 g/mol and 996,000 g/mol and two silicas, fused silica with a low surface area and silica gel with a

Polymer/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites from Thermally Stable Trialkylimidazolium-Treated Montmorillonite.

December 1, 2002
Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Gilman, W H. Awad, Rick D. Davis, John R. Shields, Richard H. Harris Jr., C H. Davis, A B. Morgan, T E. Sutto, J H. Callahan, Paul C. Trulove, H DeLong
The limited thermal stability of alkylammonium cations intercalated into smectite minerals (e.g., montmorillonite, MMT) and the processing instability of some polymers [polyamide-6 (PA-6) and polystyrene (PS)] in the presence of nanodispersed MMT have

Development of High Throughput Methods for Polymer Nanocomposite Research

October 22, 2002
Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Gilman, Rick D. Davis, Marc R. Nyden, Takashi Kashiwagi, John R. Shields, W -. Demory
This chapter will present an overview of the development of two high throughput (HT) methods: 1) preparation of formulated polymer libraries using extrusion, 2) screening of flammability properties using flame spread measurements.

Polymer Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites from Thermally Stable Trialkyl-Imidazolium Treated Montmorillonite

August 16, 2002
Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Gilman, W H. Awad, Rick D. Davis, Cher H. Davis, John R. Shields, T E. Sutto, Richard H. Harris Jr., A B. Morgan, J H. Callahan, Paul C. Trulove, Hugh C. De Long
The limited thermal stability of alkyl ammonium cations and the processing instability of some polymers (polyamide-6 (PA-6) and polystyrene (PS)) in the presence of nanodispersed montmorillonite (MMT) has motivated the development of improved organophillic

Improved Thermal Stability Of Crown Ether And Imidazolium Treatments for Flame Retardant Polymer Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites

February 6, 2002
Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Gilman, Cher H. Davis, Rick D. Davis, W H. Awad, A B. Morgan, Paul C. Trulove, Hugh C. De Long, T E. Sutto, L J. Mathias, D Schiraldi
The thermal stability of the organic treatment present on a layered silicate is of utmost importance in preparing a polymer-layered silicate (clay) nanocomposite by melt processing methods. Specifically, the organic treatment must not decompose at

Recent Advances in Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites

January 22, 2001
Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Gilman, Takashi Kashiwagi, A B. Morgan, Richard H. Harris Jr., L D. Brassell, W H. Awad, Rick D. Davis, L Chyall, T E. Sutto, Paul C. Trulove, H DeLong
A new approach to address the ever increasing demand for higher performance flame retarded products has recently focused on use of mica-type clays nano-dispersed in commodity polymers. These "nanocomposites" exhibit the unusual combination of reduced