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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