Crystalline phase of inorganic montmorillonite/poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanocomposites: influence of dispersion of nanolayers

Chao Fu; Xuemei Wang; Xiang Shi; Xianghai Ran

doi:10.1515/polyeng-2015-0517

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Crystalline phase of inorganic montmorillonite/poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanocomposites: influence of dispersion of nanolayers

Chao Fu , Xuemei Wang , Xiang Shi and Xianghai Ran

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From the journal Journal of Polymer Engineering Volume 37 Issue 1

Abstract

Inorganic montmorillonite (MMT)/poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanocomposites were prepared by two methods: co-precipitation and solution casting. The effect of preparation methods and thermal treatment on crystalline phase was investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry tests. The isothermal crystallization process was observed with polarized optical microscopy. It was found that the solution-casting method was more effective than the co-precipitation method in inducing the polar phase in the melt-isothermal crystallization process. The addition of inorganic MMT by the solution-casting method without further thermal treatment promoted the β-phase crystallization. The inorganic MMT significantly improved the γ phase of the solution-cast samples in the melt-recrystallization process. The degree of dispersion of inorganic MMT influenced the relative content of the polar phase and the crystallinity of the samples in the same crystallization conditions, i.e. the preparation method and the thermal treatment. The effect of dispersion on crystallization kinetics was also studied to verify the enhancement of finely dispersed nanolayer clusters on the γ phase.

Keywords: crystalline phase; degree of dispersion; inorganic MMT; nanocomposites; PVDF

Funding source: National Science Foundation

Award Identifier / Grant number: 21504091

Funding statement: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (grant no. 21504091).

Acknowledgments:

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (grant no. 21504091).

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Received: 2015-12-9

Accepted: 2016-2-23

Published Online: 2016-4-7

Published in Print: 2017-1-1

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crystalline phase; degree of dispersion; inorganic MMT; nanocomposites; PVDF