Preparation of alpha-zirconium phosphate nanoplatelets with wide variations in aspect ratios Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Synthetic -zirconium phosphate (-ZrP) layer structures have been prepared via three different approaches. By controlling the concentration of reactants, temperature, pressure, and using a complexing agent, -ZrP with a wide variation in aspect ratios has been prepared. Synthetic -ZrP can be easily intercalated by amines and then exfoliated in epoxy to prepare polymer nanocomposites. Nanocomposites that contain exfoliated -ZrP nanoplatelets with wide variations in aspect ratios can be utilized as model systems to study the structure-property relationship in polymer nanocomposites. The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

published proceedings

  • NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Sun, L., Boo, W. J., Sue, H., & Clearfield, A.

citation count

  • 249

complete list of authors

  • Sun, Luyi||Boo, Woong J||Sue, Hung-Jue||Clearfield, Abraham

publication date

  • January 2007