Ultra-high enhancement in the toughness of polyethylene by exfoliated natural clay nanosheets

Dongyu Cai; Mo Song

doi:10.1002/app.41314

Ultra-high enhancement in the toughness of polyethylene by exfoliated natural clay nanosheets

Dongyu Cai, Mo Song^*

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School of Physics and Astronomy

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The full exfoliation of inorganic natural clay was engineered in a nonpolar polyethylene following a novel method without the involvement of any chemical modification to the surface of silicate layers. Tensile results showed that the toughening effect was dependent of strain rates, and the toughness of polyethylene was substantially improved by nearly five times with 0.5 wt % natural clay nanosheets at a strain rate of 0.15 s_-1. Toughening mechanism was also discussed based on this new exfoliated system.

Original language	English
Article number	41314
Journal	Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Volume	132
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/app.41314
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Clay
Composites
Polyolefins

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