scholarly journals Preparation and properties of amphiphilic hydrophobically associative polymer/ montmorillonite nanocomposites

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 200199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cancan Bai ◽  
Yangchuan Ke ◽  
Xu Hu ◽  
Liang Xing ◽  
Yi Zhao ◽  
...  

In this research, a novel amphiphilic hydrophobically associative polymer nanocomposite (ADOS/OMMT) was prepared using acrylamide (AM), sodium 4-vinylbenzenesulfonate (SSS), N, N′-dimethyl octadeyl allyl ammonium bromide (DOAAB) and organo-modified montmorillonite (OMMT) through in situ polymerization. Both X-ray diffraction patterns and transmission electron microscopy images verified the dispersion morphology of OMMT in the copolymer matrix. Then, the effect of the introduction of OMMT layers on the copolymer properties was studied by comparing with pure copolymer AM/SSS/DOAAB (ADOS). The thermal degradation results demonstrated that the thermal stability of the ADOS/OMMT were better than pure copolymer ADOS. During the solution properties tests, ADOS/OMMT nanocomposite was superior to ADOS in viscosifying ability, temperature resistance, salt tolerance, shear resistance and viscoelasticity, which was because OMMT contributed to enhance the hydrophobic association structure formed between polymer molecules. Additionally, the ADOS/OMMT nanocomposite exhibited more excellent interfacial activity and crude oil emulsifiability in comparison to pure copolymer ADOS. These performances indicated ADOS/OMMT nanocomposite had good application prospects in tertiary recovery.

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zafer Koç ◽  
Meltem Çelik ◽  
Müşerref Önal ◽  
Yüksel Sarıkaya ◽  
Yesim Mogulkoc

Abstract A series of intercalated nanocomposites were prepared via in situ polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) between the interlayer spacing of hydrous Na-montmorillonite (Na-MMT) using benzoyl peroxide (Bz2O2) as a radical initiator. X-ray diffraction patterns showed the absence of any intercalation up to 61.7 mass% of HEMA, but anhydrous Na-MMT formed by the hydrophilic effect of HEMA. The interlayer spacing (d001) values of hydrous and anhydrous Na-MMT were calculated as 1.19 and 1.03 nm, respectively. At higher monomer contents, the increase in the value of d001 from 1.19 to 2.01 nm indicated intercalation of polymer in the interlayer spacing of Na-MMT. Besides, transmission electron microscopy results supported the formation of the intercalated nanocomposites. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that the thermal stability of the nanocomposites increased considerably by intercalation of pure poly-HEMA. Specific surface area and specific nanopore volume of the nanocomposites decreased with the increasing of the monomer content taken by the preparations. The decrease is due to the nonporous nature of the polymer matrix.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 578-586
Author(s):  
Lin-Kun Shi ◽  
Xiaobing Zhou ◽  
Jian-Qing Dai ◽  
Ke Chen ◽  
Zhengren Huang ◽  
...  

AbstractA nano-laminated Y3Si2C2 ceramic material was successfully synthesized via an in situ reaction between YH2 and SiC using spark plasma sintering technology. A MAX phase-like ternary layered structure of Y3Si2C2 was observed at the atomic-scale by high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The lattice parameters calculated from both X-ray diffraction and selected area electron diffraction patterns are in good agreement with the reported theoretical results. The nano-laminated fracture of kink boundaries, delamination, and slipping were observed at the tip of the Vickers indents. The elastic modulus and Vickers hardness of Y3Si2C2 ceramics (with 5.5 wt% Y2O3) sintered at 1500 °C were 156 and 6.4 GPa, respectively. The corresponding values of thermal and electrical conductivity were 13.7 W·m-1·K-1 and 6.3×105 S·m-1, respectively.


2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 1078-1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibel Erol Dağ ◽  
Pınar Acar Bozkurt ◽  
Fatma Eroğlu ◽  
Meltem Çelik

A series of polystyrene (PS)/unmodified Na-montmorillonite (Na-MMT) composites were prepared via in situ radical polymerization. The prepared composites were characterized using various techniques. The presence of various functional groups in the unmodified Na-MMT and PS/unmodified Na-MMT composite was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Morphology and particle size of prepared composites was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). According to the XRD and TEM results, the interlayer spacing of MMT layers was expanded. SEM images showed a spongy and porous-shaped morphology of composites. TEM revealed the Na-MMT intercalated in PS matrix. The thermal stability of PS/unmodified Na-MMT composites was significantly improved as compared to PS, which is confirmed using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The TGA curves indicated that the decomposition temperature of composites is higher at 24–51°C depending on the composition of the mixture than that of pure PS. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results showed that the glass transition temperature of composites was higher as compared to PS. The moisture retention, water uptake, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller specific surface area, and specific pore volume of composites were also investigated. Water resistance of the composites can be greatly improved.


e-Polymers ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Galehassadi ◽  
Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Mehrdad Mahkam

Abstract Nanocomposites of polystyrene (PS) was prepared with new styrenic ionic liquid, N-(4-vinyl benzyl)-(N,N-dimethylamino) pyridinium chloride[VBMAP], surfactants used as organic modifications for the clays. Sodium montmorillonite (Na-MMT) was successfully modified by [VBMAP] to become OMMT through cation exchange technique which is shown by the increase of basalspacing of clay by XRD. The composite material based on polystyrene and organo-modified montmorillonite (OMMT) was prepared by insitu polymerization and characterized. The morphology of the polymer/clay hybrids was evaluated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) ,transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), showing good overall dispersion of the clay. The thermal stability of the polymer/clay nanocomposites were enhanced, as evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis.


2013 ◽  
Vol 753 ◽  
pp. 279-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radomír Kužel ◽  
Zdeněk Matěj ◽  
Miloš Janeček

X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies of ECAP (equal-channel angular pressing) materials were performed after annealing and by in-situ measurements in XRD high-temperature chamber for samples prepared by different number of passes and number of revolutions, respectively. Main attention was given to Cu and Cu-Zr samples. Significant dependence on number of passes was found for ECAP samples. In-situ measurements were focused not only on temperature dependence but also on time evolution of the diffraction line profiles. Evaluation in terms of dislocation densities, correlation and crystallite size and its distribution was performed by our own software MSTRUCT developed for total powder diffraction pattern fitting. Abnormal growth of some grains with annealing is well-known for copper and leads to the creation of bimodal microstructure. Therefore a special care must be given to the evaluation and a model of two Cu components (larger and smaller crystallites) was fitted to the data if an indication of some crystallite growth appears either in the XRD line profile shape or in two-dimensional diffraction patterns.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin-Kun Shi ◽  
Xiaobing Zhou ◽  
Jian-Qing Dai ◽  
Ke Chen ◽  
Zhengren Huang ◽  
...  

Abstract A new nano-laminated Y3Si2C2 ceramic material, for the first time, was successfully synthesized via in situ reaction between YH2 and SiC by spark plasma sintering. A MAX phase-like ternary layered structure of Y3Si2C2 was observed at the atomic-scale by high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The lattice parameters calculated from both X-ray diffraction and selected area electron diffraction patterns are in good agreement with the reported theoretical results. The nano-laminated fracture of kink boundaries, delamination, and slipping was observed at the tip of the Vickers indent. The values of elastic modulus and Vickers hardness of the Y3Si2C2 ceramics sintered at 1500 °C were 156 and 6.4 GPa, respectively. The corresponding values of thermal and electrical conductivity were 13.7 W m-1 k-1 and 6.3 × 105 S m-1, respectively.


Clay Minerals ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. E. Monasterio ◽  
M. L. Dias ◽  
V. J. R. R. Pita ◽  
E. Erdmann ◽  
H. A. Destéfanis

AbstractSodium montmorillonite (MMT) was organically modified with hexadecyltrimethyl-ammonium ions and subsequently treated with dichlorosilanes and water, aimed at in situ silane condensation polymerization and modification of clay platelets by polysiloxane coatings. Dimethyldichlorosilane, methylphenyldichlorosilane, and diphenyldichlorosilane were used to produce three siloxane-modified organoclays. The structure and morphology of the clay materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermal gravimetric studies (TG) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). XRD results showed that the silanes were effectively polymerized in the clay galleries, forming a nanocomposite of intercalated particles. A fraction of the siloxane formed is bonded to the clay surface by covalent siloxane bonds. Strong structural differences in both morphology and thermal stability of the materials may occur when changing methyl or phenyl groups in the siloxane structure. The formation mechanism of these intercalated nanocomposite particles is considered. Finally, these modified clays were incorporated in an olefin polymer and morphological analyses using transmission electron microscope (TEM) images were carried out.


2010 ◽  
Vol 150-151 ◽  
pp. 386-390
Author(s):  
Yuan Xun Li ◽  
Ying Li Liu ◽  
Huai Wu Zhang ◽  
Wei Wei Ling

The rod-shaped polyaniline (PANI)-barium ferrite nanocomposites were synthesized by in situ polymerization of aniline in the presence of BaFe12O19 nanoparticles with diameters of 60-80 nm. The composites obtained were characterized by infrared spectra (IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The thermal stability and the composition of the composites were investigated by TG-DTG analysis. The results indicate that the thermal stability of the composites is higher than that of the pure PANI which can be attributed to the interactions existed between PANI chains and ferrite particles.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manawwer Alam ◽  
Naser M. Alandis ◽  
Anees A. Ansari ◽  
Mohammed Rafi Shaik

Polyaniline (Pani)/ZnO nanocomposite with diameter 40–50 nm was successfully fabricated by coprecipitation method of ZnO viain situpolymerization of Pani. X-ray diffraction (XRD), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), fourier transformation infrared (FT-IR), UV-Vis absorption spectra, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and electrical properties were studied. HRTEM studies showed that the prepared ZnO nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed and highly stabilized throughout the polymer chain and formed uniform metal oxide-conducting polymer nanocomposite material. UV-Vis spectra of Pani/ZnO nanocomposite were studied to investigate the optical behavior after doping the ZnO nanoparticle into the polymer matrix. The inclusion of ZnO nanoparticle gives rise to the red shift ofπ-π* transition of Pani. The nanocomposite was found to be thermally stable upto 130°C and showed conductivity value of3.0×10−2 Scm−1.


Author(s):  
A. Rocher ◽  
C. Fontaine

Several methods (1 → 3) have been proposed in order to determine by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) the orientation relationship between the crystal and the electron beam. The same type of method (4) has been used to find the orientation of a bicrystal. The most accurate ones (better than 0.1°) are based on the measurement of the relative position of Kikuchi lines with respect to diffraction spots. Such analysis are performed on diffraction pattern micrographs. The aim of the present work is to develop for TEM an in situ method for determination of the crystal orientation with respect to the goniometer coordinate frame, avoiding any analysis of the diffraction micrographs. The diffraction patterns used for this characterization are associated to the zone axis of the crystal. The method consists in plotting on the same stereographic projection the coordinate frame of the goniometer stage and the <100> axis of the crystal. These axis are determined from experimental indexation of three zone axis.


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