TY - CHAP
T1 - Processing Nanocomposites Based on Commodity Polymers
AU - Mural, Prasanna Kumar S.
AU - Sinha Ray, Suprakas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Nanocomposites consisting of commodity polymers like polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene, and polyvinyl chloride have demonstrated good thermomechanical behavior and electrical properties. Common routes for producing polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) with commodity polymers involves either melt mixing, in situ polymerization, or solution mixing. However, the common processing techniques cannot adequately disperse nanoparticles (NPs) in the commodity polymer matrix. The chapter describes various strategies for dispersing NPs in commodity polymers, such as functionalization of the polymer, or preparing a nanocomposite. In addition, this chapter describes the structure–property relationships of commodity polymers after incorporation of NPs, along with their performance for specific applications. Finally, an outlook regarding the challenges, opportunities, and future trends in commodity PNCs is presented, along a summary of the chapter.
AB - Nanocomposites consisting of commodity polymers like polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene, and polyvinyl chloride have demonstrated good thermomechanical behavior and electrical properties. Common routes for producing polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) with commodity polymers involves either melt mixing, in situ polymerization, or solution mixing. However, the common processing techniques cannot adequately disperse nanoparticles (NPs) in the commodity polymer matrix. The chapter describes various strategies for dispersing NPs in commodity polymers, such as functionalization of the polymer, or preparing a nanocomposite. In addition, this chapter describes the structure–property relationships of commodity polymers after incorporation of NPs, along with their performance for specific applications. Finally, an outlook regarding the challenges, opportunities, and future trends in commodity PNCs is presented, along a summary of the chapter.
KW - Chemical functionalization of commodity polymer
KW - CNT
KW - Commodity polymer
KW - Electrical
KW - Graphene
KW - Mechanical
KW - Nanoclay
KW - Nanocomposites processing
KW - Thermal properties
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-97792-8_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-97792-8_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85053455346
T3 - Springer Series in Materials Science
SP - 1
EP - 25
BT - Springer Series in Materials Science
PB - Springer Verlag
ER -