Preparation and properties of polyethylene‐clay hybrids

Katô, Makoto; Okamoto, Hiroyuki; Hasegawa, Naoki; Tsukigase, Azusa; Usuki, Arimitsu

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“…A lot of attention has been particularly paid these last years on nanofillers such as clays to reinforce PA or PE properties [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Indeed due to their high aspect ratio and their impermeable character, the clay platelets are expected to induce significant tortuosity effects when they are dispersed within a polymer matrix.…”

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Reinforcement of the Gas Barrier Properties of Polyethylene and Polyamide Through the Nanocomposite Approach: Key Factors and Limitations

Picard

Gérard

Espuche

2013

Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles

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Re´sume´-Renforcement des proprie´te´s barrie`re aux gaz de matrices polye´thyle`ne et polyamide par l'approche nanocomposite : facteurs cle´s et limitations -Dans cette e´tude, des nanocomposites sont pre´pare´s par voie fondue pour deux matrices, une matrice polyamide 6 (PA6) et une matrice polye´thyle`ne (PE), leur morphologie ainsi que leurs proprie´te´s barrie`res sont e´tudie´es. Les argiles organophiles sont choisies en fonction de la nature chimique de chacune des matrices polyme`res. Les nanocomposites pre´pare´s a`partir de polyamide 6 pre´sentent une structure exfolie´e et des proprie´te´s barrie`res ame´liore´es alors qu'une morphologie de type microcomposite ne conduisant aà ucune ame´lioration des proprie´te´s barrie`res est obtenue pour le syste`me PE/montmorillonite. Diffe´rents polye´thyle`nes modifie´s sont alors e´value´s en tant qu'agents compatibilisants pour les syste`mes PE. Les effets de la masse molaire, de la polarite´et de la fraction massique d'agent compatibilisant sur la dispersion des charges et sur les proprie´te´s barrie`res sont e´tudie´s. Un taux massique d'agent compatibilisant e´gal a`4 fois celui des charges s'ave`re eˆtre optimal pour l'ensemble des agents compatibilisants. Par ailleurs, la masse molaire des agents compatibilisants joue un roˆle primordial sur l'e´tat de dispersion des charges. Contrairement aux syste`mes PA, les proprie´te´s barrie`res des syste`mes PE ne sont pas directement relie´es a`l'e´tat de dispersion des charges mais de´pendent e´galement des interfaces charges/matrice. Les PE oxyde´s de faible masse molaire sont identifie´s comme des agents compatibilisants particulie`rement inte´ressants pour les proprie´te´s barrie`res et une optimisation pas a`pas des syste`mes est entreprise. Une combinaison de PE oxyde´de faible masse molaire et de PE greffe´anhydride male´ique de haute masse molaire conduisant a`diviser la perme´abilite´aux gaz du nanocomposite d'un facteur 2 par rapport a`la matrice PE s'ave`re particulie`rement inte´ressante.Abstract -Reinforcement of the Gas Barrier Properties of Polyethylene and Polyamide Through the Nanocomposite Approach: Key Factors and Limitations -In this study, polyamide 6 (PA6) and polyethylene (PE) nanocomposites were prepared from melt blending and a detailed characterization of the nanocomposite morphology and gas barrier properties was performed. The choice of the organoclay was adapted to each polymer matrix. Exfoliated morphology and improved gas transport Oil & Gas Science and Technology -Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles, Vol. 70 (2015), No. 2, pp. 237-249 Ó E. Picard et al., published by IFP Energies nouvelles, 2013 DOI: 10.2516 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.properties were obtained by melt mixing the polar PA6 matrix and the organoclay, whereas a microcomposite with poor...

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Reinforcement of the Gas Barrier Properties of Polyethylene and Polyamide Through the Nanocomposite Approach: Key Factors and Limitations

Picard

Gérard

Espuche

2013

Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles

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“…[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] Melt intercalation is the most convenient and appropriate technique for the industrial preparation of polymer/clay nanocomposites. In this procedure, the clay is directly dispersed in the molten polymer using a conventional twin-screw extruder.…”

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“…As clay content was increased, four stages of morphological development were found: (1) disordered exfoliation, (2) ordered exfoliation, (3) dual morphologies of intercalation and exfoliation, and (4) intercalation. With the aid of MAPE, Kato et al 20 prepared PE/clay hybrids that exhibited higher tensile yield strengths and tensile V V moduli than those of PE matrices and those of PE/ inorganic clay composites, and the gas permeability of the PE/MAPE blend decreased 30% when clay was added. The addition of clay increased the crystallization peak temperature of PE, and lowered the crystallinity level, acting as a nucleating agent.…”

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Preparation and properties of recycled HDPE/clay hybrids

Lei

Clemons

2006

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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Hybrids based on recycled high density polyethylene (RHDPE) and organic clay were made by melt compounding. The influence of blending method, compatibilizers, and clay content on clay intercalation and exfoliation, RHDPE crystallization behavior, and the mechanical properties of RHDPE/clay hybrids were investigated. Both maleated polyethylene (MAPE) and titanate could improve the compatibilization of RHDPE and clay. RHDPE/clay hybrids containing completely exfoliated clay were obtained using a two-step blending method. Without compatibilizers, the clay could not be exfoliated, and it lowered the crystallization peak temperature, crystallinity level, and the long period of RHDPE. MAPE and clay layers could act as heterogeneous nucleating agents for RHDPE. The titanate had a little influence on crystallization behavior of RHDPE. Adding clay to RHDPE reduced the impact strength but had little influence on the tensile strength. Both the storage and loss moduli increased with up to 5% of clay in hybrids containing CAPS, and there was an about 44% increase in impact strength of RHDPE/clay hybrid containing 5% MAPE compared with that of the hybrid containing no MAPE. The clay presence lowered the thermal stability of RHDPE.

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“…9 The materials for preparing a PE-clay nanocomposite include PE, maleic anhydridemodified PE and C18-MMT. The PE used was KF380 (Japan Polyethylene, Tokyo, Japan).…”

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“…The plate-shaped layers are 0.96-nm thick and have an average diameter of about 100-500 nm, which represents filler with a significantly large aspect ratio. For comparison, a glass fiber of 13 mm in diameter with a length of 0.3 mm would be 4Â10 9 times the size of a typical plate-shaped layer. In other words, if the same volumes of glass fiber and silicate were evenly dispersed, there would be roughly 10 9 times more fiber than layers.…”

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Development and applications of polyolefin– and rubber–clay nanocomposites

Katô

Usuki

Hasegawa

et al. 2011

Polym J

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A nylon 6-clay hybrid (nanocomposite, NCH) was developed by Toyota CRDL group. In the NCH, the silicate layers of clay mineral are dispersed on a nanometer level and are strongly interacted with the matrix, and then significant improvements in the mechanical properties of the material or the discovery of unexpected new properties were realized. Polypropylene (PP) is the most widely used polymer, and then an appearance of a PP-clay nanocomposite has been desired for a long time. As a PP does not include any polar groups in its backbone, it was thought that the homogeneous dispersion of the silicate layers would not be realized. But we have developed successfully PP-clay nanocomposite using organoclay and modified PP. That is, organophilic clay, PP oligomer carrying polar groups and PP were melt-blended. This is a direct polymer intercalation process for preparing polymer nanocomposites by melt compounding, a useful process from an industrial standpoint. We have also developed successfully other polyolefin polymers (polyethylene), polyolefin rubbers (ethylene-propylene elastomer, ethylene-propylene diene monomer) and nanocomposites by this direct polymer intercalation process or by techniques based on direct polymer intercalation process. These prepared polyolefin nanocomposites exhibit superior mechanical, thermal and gas barrier properties. Polymer Journal (2011) 43, 583-593; doi:10.1038/pj.2011.44; published online 1 June 2011Keywords: clay mineral; nanocomposite; polyolefin; polyolefin rubber INTRODUCTION A nylon 6-clay hybrid (nanocomposite, NCH) has been developed, in which the silicate layers of clay mineral are dispersed on a nanometer level and strongly interact with the matrix. 1-3 Significant improvements in the mechanical properties of the material and the discovery of new properties also have been realized. Polyolefins (such as polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE)) are the most widely used polymers, and there has been interest in the development of a polyolefin-clay nanocomposite. As polyolefins do not include any polar groups in the backbone, a homogeneous dispersion of silicate layers did not seem to be possible. However, the successful development of a PP-clay nanocomposite using organoclay and modified PP has been achieved. Nanocomposites of clay with various polyolefin polymers and rubbers have been developed. This report provides an overview of preparation methods and properties of polyolefin polymer/rubbers-clay nanocomposites.Montmorillonite (MMT) was used as the clay mineral in this investigation of polyolefin-clay nanocomposites. MMT composed of micro-sized particles formed from stacks of three-layer 'sandwiches' is most widely used. In these sandwiches, a tetrahedral sheet of silicon oxide is on both sides of a central octahedral sheet of aluminum oxide (a 2:1.clay). The plate-shaped layers are 0.96-nm thick and have an average diameter of about 100-500 nm, which represents filler with a significantly large aspect ratio. For comparison, a glass fiber of 13 mm in diameter with a length o...

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Preparation and properties of polyethylene‐clay hybrids

Cited by 104 publications

References 20 publications

Reinforcement of the Gas Barrier Properties of Polyethylene and Polyamide Through the Nanocomposite Approach: Key Factors and Limitations

Reinforcement of the Gas Barrier Properties of Polyethylene and Polyamide Through the Nanocomposite Approach: Key Factors and Limitations

Preparation and properties of recycled HDPE/clay hybrids

Development and applications of polyolefin– and rubber–clay nanocomposites

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