Preparation of exfoliated epoxy/alpha-zirconium phosphate nanocomposites containing high aspect ratio nanoplatelets Academic Article

abstract

• High-crystallinity -zirconium phosphate (-ZrP) crystals which contain stacks of high aspect ratio nanoplatelets were synthesized and exfoliated with tetra-n-butylammonium hydroxide in aqueous dispersion. The exfoliated -ZrP nanoplatelets were then transferred into water-miscible organic solvents, such as acetone, by centrifugation and re-dispersion. The resulting exfoliated -ZrP nanoplatelets in organic solvents can be easily utilized to prepare polymer nanocomposites. Through such an approach, epoxy/-ZrP nanocomposites containing high aspect ratio -ZrP nanoplatelets have been prepared. The presence of the well-exfoliated nanocomposite structure is confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. 2007 American Chemical Society.

authors

• Clearfield, Abraham
• Sue, Hung-Jue

published proceedings

• CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

altmetric score

• 6

author list (cited authors)

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

citation count

• 146

complete list of authors

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

publication date

• April 2007

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS  Journal

keywords

• 34 Chemical Sciences
• 3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry
• 40 Engineering
• 4016 Materials Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/cm062993r

start page

• 1749

end page

• 1754

volume

• 19

issue

• 7

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1021%2Fcm062993r