Silicates polymer nanocomposites

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Polymer-Silicate Nanocomposites Model Systems for Confined Polymers and Polymer Brushes... 

The formation and equilibrium structure of polymer layered silicate nanocomposites, in particular with organically modified layered silicates, has been shown to be a strong function of the nature of the polymer (polar or apolar), the charge carrying capacity of the layered silicate, as well as the chain length and structure of the cationic surfactant. However, both the polymer/silicate compatibility and hybrid equilibrium structure for these nanocomposites are observed to be independent of polymer molecular weight. The experimental results have been summarized by Vaia et al. and a lattice based mean field theory has been developed to explain these results [26]. 

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