Nanoclay Modified Polycarbonate Blend Nanocomposites: Calorimetric and Mechanical Properties

AIP Conference Proceedings: 7th International Conference on Times of Polymers (TOP) and Composites 2014
Jānis Zicāns, Remo Merijs-Meri, Tatjana Ivanova, Rita Bērziņa, Mārtiņš Kalniņš, Roberts Maksimovs

The research is devoted to characterization of polycarbonate (PC)/acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene (ABS) blend nanocomposites in respects to it mechanical and calorimetric properties. It is shown that PC blend with 10wt% of ABS is more suitable for development of polymer-clay nanocomposites than PC blend with 40wt.% of ABS. It is revealed that the greatest modulus and strength increment is observed for PC/10wt.%ABS blend nanocomposites, containing aromatic organomodifier treated clay (Dellite 43B). It is also determined that optimal nanofiller content for the investigated PC/10%ABS blend is 1.5 wt.%. Increase of mechanical characteristics of PC/10wt.%ABS blend nanocomposites is accompanied with the rise of glass transition temperatures of both polymeric phases, particularly that of PC.

Keywords
-
DOI
10.1063/1.4876861
Hyperlink
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/proceeding/aipcp/10.1063/1.4876861

Zicāns, J., Merijs-Meri, R., Ivanova, T., Bērziņa, R., Kalniņš, M., Maksimovs, R. Nanoclay Modified Polycarbonate Blend Nanocomposites: Calorimetric and Mechanical Properties. In: AIP Conference Proceedings: 7th International Conference on Times of Polymers (TOP) and Composites, Italy, Ischia, 22-26 June, 2014. Melville: American Institute of Physics, 2014, pp.394-397. ISBN 978-0-7354-1233-0. ISSN 0094-243X. e-ISSN 1551-7616. Available from: doi:10.1063/1.4876861

Publication language
English (en)