Mechanical reinforcement of epoxy with self-assembled synthetic clay in smectic order. Academic Article

abstract

• Epoxy films containing self-assembled 2D colloidal -zirconium phosphate nanoplatelets (ZrP) in smectic order were prepared using a simple, energy-efficient fabrication process suitable to industrial processing. The ZrP nanoplatelets form a chiral smectic mesophase with simultaneous lamellar order and helical arrangements in epoxy. The epoxy nanocomposite films are transparent and flexible and exhibit exceptionally high tensile modulus and strength. The findings have broad implications for development of multifunctional materials for engineering applications.

authors

• Muliana, Anastasia
• Sue, Hung-Jue

published proceedings

• ACS Appl Mater Interfaces

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• Li, P., White, K. L., Lin, C., Kim, D., Muliana, A., Krishnamoorti, R., Nishimura, R., & Sue, H.

citation count

• 31

complete list of authors

• Li, Peng||White, Kevin L||Lin, Chien-Hong||Kim, Daehak||Muliana, Anastasia||Krishnamoorti, Ramanan||Nishimura, Riichi||Sue, Hung-Jue

publication date

• July 2014

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces  Journal

keywords

• Liquid Crystals
• Smectic Mesophase
• Tensile Properties
• ZrP Nanoplatelets

PubMed Central ID

• 24915977

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/am5015293

start page

• 10188

end page

• 10195

volume

• 6

issue

• 13

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am5015293