Title of article
Assessing organo-clay dispersion in polymer layered silicate nanocomposites: A SAXS approach
Author/Authors
Causin، نويسنده , , Valerio and Marega، نويسنده , , Carla and Marigo، نويسنده , , Antonio and Ferrara، نويسنده , , Giuseppe، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Pages
5
From page
9533
To page
9537
Abstract
A SAXS method for the quantitative assessment of the morphology of polymer layered silicate nanocomposites is proposed. Fitting the SAXS patterns, the number of clay layers, the periodicity of the layers in the tactoids, the thickness of the regions interposed between the clay platelets and their distributions can be measured. A good agreement with TEM data was obtained, avoiding the inconsistencies with microscopical observations often reported in the literature.
Keywords
Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) , nanocomposites , Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Journal title
Polymer
Serial Year
2005
Journal title
Polymer
Record number
1723979
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