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T1 Control of Molecular weight and polydispersity in polyethylene/needle-like shaped clay nanocomposites obtained by in situ polymerization with metallocene catalysts
A1 Herrero Villar, Manuel
A1 Núñez Carrero, Karina Carla
A1 Gallego Castro, Raúl
A1 Merino Senovilla, Juan Carlos
A1 Pastor Barajas, José María
AB In an effort to understand the influence of the shape and area of the nanoclay type used inthe in situ polymerization process, two different types of clays (fibrillar and laminar) wereemployed to obtain nanocomposites. The preliminary results demonstrated that a needlelikeshaped clay promotes higher molar mass and better mechanical properties comparedwith laminar clay. The ultra-high molecular weight of sepiolite/nanocomposites introducessignificant problems with processability. Therefore, a new method of polymerization wasdesigned to include two significant changes. The first change was related to the use of anon-isothermal temperature profile and the second to the addition of an additional amountof non-anchored co-catalyst leading to materials with higher fluidity.
PB Elsevier
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/27379
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/27379
LA eng
NO European Polymer Journal (2016) 75. p.125-141
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 25-nov-2024