Current Progress on the Study of Model, Polystyrene-Based, Polymer-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites

Abstract

The morphological behavior of a series of polystyrene-based, polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites is being studied. The materials and parametric variations were designed to probe the Balazs model, which predicts that under certain circumstances, a homopolymer can intercalate or even exfoliate a modified layered silicate clay mineral at thermodynamic equilibrium. At the current time, the morphological and mechanical behaviors of two new series of samples are being characterized. These results are presented here.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA410597

Entities

People

  • Arnab Dasgupta
  • Frederick L Beyer
  • Mary E. Galvin
  • Mary Kurian
  • Phil Madison

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Composite Materials
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Free Energy
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Microscopes
  • Minerals
  • Nanocomposites
  • Physical Properties
  • Polymers
  • Polystyrenes
  • Scattering
  • Silicates

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Polymer Science and Technology