Montmorillonite intercalating synthesis

Armin Weiss (1981) presented some results of experimental work using mont-morillonite, he was able to show that the complete information present in a matrix is passed on to the daughter layers. In principle, the intercalating synthesis of a new layer of montmorillonite from the nutrient solution can be compared to the replication of a DNA chain. The distance between the layers is of great importance in these experiments and acts as a performance-limiting factor. 

Y. Kojima, A. Usuki, M. Kawasumi, A. Okada, T. Kurauchi, 0. Kamigaito, Synthesis of nylon 6-clay hybrid by montmorillonite intercalated with e-caprolactam, Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, vol. 31, pp. 983-986,1993. 

Kojima Y., Usuki A., Kawasumi M., Okada A., Kurauchi T., Kamigaito 0.,(1993). "Synthesis of nylon 6-clay hybrid by montmorillonite intercalated with 3- caprolactam". Journal of Polymer Science. Part A, Vol.31, p. 983. 

Kojima, Y. Usuki, A. Kawasumi, M. Okada, A. Kurauchi, T. Kamigaito, O. Synthesis of polyamide 6-clay hybrid by montmorillonite intercalated with e-caprolactam. J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Chem. 1993, 34(4), 983-986. 

Synthesis of iron-containing montmorillonite by various methods. Characterization of the intercalants and the behaviour of the intercalated substances in acid-catalyzed reactions... 

M. Yamana and T. Kawata, Electrochromism of viologen derivatives, Nippon Kagaku Zasshi, 1977, 941 H. Miyata, Y. Sugahara, K. Kuroda and C. Kato, Synthesis of montmorillonite-viologen intercalation compounds and their photochromic behavior, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Thins. /., 1987, 83, 1851. 

Sen, S. and CayU, G. (2010) Synthesis of bio-based polymeric nanocomposites from acrylated epoxidized soybean oil and montmorillonite clay in the presence of a bio-based intercalant. Polymer International, 59(8), 1122-1129. 

Xie, S., Zhang, S., and Wang, F. 2004. Synthesis and characterization of poly (propylene)/montmorillonite nanocomposites by simultaneous grafting-intercalation. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 94 1018-1023. 

Huang, Y, Yang, K., and Dong, J.-Y. 2006. Copolymerization of ethylene and 10-undecen-l-ol using a montmoriUonite-intercalated metallocene catalyst Synthesis of polyethylene/ montmorillonite nanocomposites with enhanced structural stability. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 27 1278-1283. 

Fukushima Y, Inagaki S (1987) Synthesis of an intercalated compound of montmorillonite and 6-polyamide. J Inclusion Phenom 5 473 82... 

When PEO is intercalated from acetonitrile solutions into montmorillonite and hectorite (122,124-126), the resulting nanocomposites present characteristics that depend on the nature of the interlayer cation in a similar way to that observed for intercalation of crown ethers into smectites (44,46,49,127,128). Such behavior implies the existence of ion-dipole interactions between the oxygen atoms of the polymer and certain interlayer cations, as occurs for PEO-salt complexes (129). The fact that the synthesis is carried out in nonaqueous solutions determines that the polymer may replace the hydration shell usually accompanying the interlayer cations, as shown by IR spectroscopy (124). The effectiveness of such a process is related to the hydration energy of the cation. When this energy is high (calcium... 

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