Dundigalla, A.
, Lin-Gibson, S.
, Ferreiro, F.
and Malwitz, M.
(2004),
Unusual Multilayered Structures in PEO/Laponite Nanocomposite Films, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=852473
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Unusual Multilayered Structures in PEO/Laponite Nanocomposite Films
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Avinash Dundigalla, , F Ferreiro, M M. Malwitz
Abstract
The unusual structure of poly-ethylene-oxide and Laponite clay in transparentnanocomposite films was investigated using scanning electron, atomic force, optical microscopy, and X-ray scattering. Each method is sensitive to different aspects of structural features and together they complementarily measure the resulting morphology and shear- induced orientation. On nanometer length scales, clay platelets were found to orient in bundles while polymer crystallinity was suppressed. Microscopy led to the observation of unexpected and highly oriented multilayers on the micron length scale.Citation
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
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Laponite, microscopy, nanocomposite, poly-ethylene-oxide (PEO), scattering
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Created November 18, 2004, Updated October 12, 2021