A review of current knowledge and future trends in polymer/boehmite nanocomposites

2021 ◽  
pp. 875608792110435
Author(s):  
Ayesha Kausar

Boehmite [bey-mahyt] is a unique aluminum oxide hydroxide nanostructure. It consists of nanosheets of octahedral aluminum ions with surface hydroxyl groups. Owing to exceptional reinforcing behavior, boehmite nanoparticles have gained immense attention as polymeric nanofillers. Essential matrices used with the boehmite based nanocomposites include poly(methyl methacrylate), polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, epoxy, and other polymers. In this review, all-inclusive considerations on the design, morphology, mechanical, thermal, electrical, ion conducting, flame retardancy, electrochemical, and other physical properties, and advances related to the polymer/boehmite nanocomposites are presented. The polymer/boehmite nanocomposites have been employed for the membranes (water filtration/dye removal), coatings (anti-corrosion/self-healing), Li-ion batteries, and non-flammability purposes.

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (7) ◽  
pp. 1430-1438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alena Reissová ◽  
Zdeněk Bastl ◽  
Martin Čapka

The title complexes have been obtained by functionalization of silica with cyclopentadienylsilanes of the type Rx(CH3)3 - xSi(CH2)nC5H5 (x = 1-3, n = 0, 1, 3), trimethylsilylation of free surface hydroxyl groups, transformation of the bonded cyclopentadienyl group to the cyclopentadienyl anion, followed by coordination of (h5-cyclopentadienyl)trichlorotitanium. The effects of single steps of the above immobilization on texture of the support, the number of free hydroxyl groups, the coverage of the surface by cyclopentadienyl groups and the degree of their utilization in anchoring the titanium complex have been investigated. ESCA study has shown that the above anchoring leads to formation of the silica-supported bis(h5-cyclopentadienyl)dichlorotitanium(IV) complex.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (121) ◽  
pp. 99712-99721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Yawen Wang ◽  
Yu Huang ◽  
Junji Cao ◽  
Wingkei Ho ◽  
...  

Surface modification by phosphate efficiently improves the photocatalytic performance of BiPO4 for the degradation of methylene orange (MO), by enhancing the concentration of surface hydroxyl groups and improving its hydrophilicity.


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