Abstract
Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) are chemically modified via silylation with 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate. The modified HNTs (m-HNTs) are characterized by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy, solid state 13C NMR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and extraction experiment. It is showed that the silane has been effectively grafted onto HNTs surface and renders the hydrophobicity to m-HNTs. The nanocomposites consisting of polyamide 6 (PA6) and m-HNTs show significantly improved mechanical properties and heat distortion temperature, which are attributed to the covalent interfacial bonding and the excellent dispersion state of m-HNTs. M-HNTs are found to disperse individually into PA6 matrix. The nucleation effect by m-HNTs is verified by the lowered fold-surface free energy of PA6/ HNTs nanocomposites and the observation of polarized optical microscopy (POM). Both high cooling rate and high m-HNTs loading are beneficial to the formation of gamma-crystals of PA6. The polymorphism could be correlated to the heterogeneous nucleation effects of m-HNTs and the interfacial interactions between m-HNTs and PA6 matrix.
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Guo, B., Zou, Q., Lei, Y. et al. Structure and Performance of Polyamide 6/Halloysite Nanotubes Nanocomposites. Polym J 41, 835–842 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.PJ2009110
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