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
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)
