scholarly journals Synthesis and Properties of High Strength Thin Film Composites of Poly(ethylene Oxide) and PEO-PMMA Blend with Cetylpyridinium Chloride Modified Clay

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Saleem Khan ◽  
Sabiha Sultana

Ion-conducting thin film composites of polymer electrolytes were prepared by mixing high MW poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as a polymer matrix, cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) modified MMT as filler, and different content of LiClO4by using solution cast method. The crystallinity, ionic conductivity (σ), and mechanical properties of the composite electrolytes and blend composites were evaluated by using XRD, AC impedance, and UTM studies, respectively. The modification of clay by CPC showed enhancement in thed-spacing. The loading of clay has effect on crystallinity of PEO systems. Blend composites showed better mechanical properties. Young’s modulus and elongation at break values showed increase with salt and clay incorporation in pure PEO. The optimum composition composite of PEO with 3.5 wt% of salt and 3.3 wt% of CPMMT exhibited better performance.

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (18) ◽  
pp. 6373-6381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yali Qiao ◽  
Rachel Ferebee ◽  
Bongjoon Lee ◽  
Indranil Mitra ◽  
Nathaniel A. Lynd ◽  
...  

Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Vigani ◽  
Silvia Rossi ◽  
Giulia Milanesi ◽  
Maria Bonferoni ◽  
Giuseppina Sandri ◽  
...  

The aim of the present work was to investigate how the molecular weight (MW) of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), a synthetic polymer able to improve alginate (ALG) electrospinnability, could affect ALG-based fiber morphology and mechanical properties. Two PEO grades, having different MWs (high, h-PEO, and low, l-PEO) were blended with ALG: the concentrations of both PEOs in each mixture were defined so that each h-PEO/l-PEO combination would show the same viscosity at high shear rate. Seven ALG/h-PEO/l-PEO mixtures were prepared and characterized in terms of viscoelasticity and conductivity and, for each mixture, a complex parameter rH/rL was calculated to better identify which of the two PEO grades prevails over the other in terms of exceeding the critical entanglement concentration. Thereafter, each mixture was electrospun by varying the process parameters; the fiber morphology and mechanical properties were evaluated. Finally, viscoelastic measurements were performed to verify the formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the two PEO grades and ALG. rH/rL has been proved to be the parameter that better explains the effect of the electrospinning conditions on fiber dimension. The addition of a small amount of h-PEO to l-PEO was responsible for a significant increase in fiber mechanical resistance, without affecting the nano-scale fiber size. Moreover, the mixing of h-PEO and l-PEO improved the interaction with ALG, resulting in an increase in chain entanglement degree that is functional in the electrospinning process.


2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 1211-1215 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. L. Alexeev ◽  
E. A. Kelberg ◽  
G. A. Evmenenko ◽  
S. V. Bronnikov

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leire Meabe ◽  
Nicolas Goujon ◽  
Chunmei Li ◽  
Michel Armand ◽  
Maria Forsyth ◽  
...  

Polymer ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 121666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor A. Kusuma ◽  
Christina Chen ◽  
James S. Baker ◽  
Megan K. Macala ◽  
David Hopkinson

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