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Rheological, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties of Silane Grafted Layered Double Hydroxide/Epoxy Composites

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Title Rheological, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties of Silane Grafted Layered Double Hydroxide/Epoxy Composites
 
Creator Chhetri, Suman
Adak, Nitai Chandra
Samanta, Pranab
Murmu, Naresh Chandra
Kuila, Tapas
 
Subject Analysis of composite material structures
 
Description Judicious surface design of a nanofiller is pertinent to exploit its reinforcing competency in polymer composites. Herein, sodium dodecyl sulfate intercalated layered double hydroxide (LDH) was functionalized using 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), which was then dispersed in the epoxy matrix. The grafting of APTES on the LDH surface was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric analysis. The robustness of the interface reflected the significant improvement of ∼104 and 90% in flexural strength and modulus at 0.25 wt % loading, while the tensile strength and Young̀s modulus were found to increase by ∼44 and 50.8%, respectively. The tangible improvement in interfacial interaction due to the functionlization was further reflected in the enhanced storage modulus and glass transition temperature, Tg, by ∼36% and ∼6 °C, respectively, at 0.25 wt % loading. A rheological study confirmed the Newtonian behavior of the composites in the shear rate range of 0.1–100 s–1.
 
Publisher ACS
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Chhetri, Suman and Adak, Nitai Chandra and Samanta, Pranab and Murmu, Naresh Chandra and Kuila, Tapas (2018) Rheological, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties of Silane Grafted Layered Double Hydroxide/Epoxy Composites. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57 (26). pp. 8729-8739.
 
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