Nanocomposites styrene-isoprene copolymer

Barraza and his coworkers prepared SWCNT/PS and SWCNT/ styrene-isoprene copolymer nanocomposites by using an original method based on mini-emulsion technology. SWCNTs, synthesized by the AD process and purified with HNO3 (86% of... 

Several authors used the continuum mechanics for modeling conventional polymer composites as well as PNC. Ren and Krishnamoorti [2003] used a K-BKZ integral constitutive model to predict the steady-state shear behavior of a series of intercalated nanocomposites containing an organo-MMT and a disordered styrene-isoprene diblock copolymer. The model predicts the low-y shear stress properties calculated from the experimental linear stress relaxation and the relaxation-based damping behavior. However, as it does not take into account the effect of clay platelet orientation, it is unable to predict the shear stress behavior at intermediate y and the normal stress behavior at all y and clay contents. 

H. Chen, D. F. Schmidt, M. Pitsikalis, N. Hadjichristidis, Y. Zhang, U. Wiesner, and E. P. Giannelis. Poly(styrene-block-isoprene) nanocomposites kinetics of intercalation and effects of copolymer on intercalation behaviors. Journal of Polymer Science, Part B Polymer Physics, 41 24 (2003), 3264-3271. 

Chen H, Schmidt DF, Pitsikalis M, Hadjichristidis N, Zhang Y, Wiesner U, Giannelis IP (2003) Poly(styrene- /ock-isoprene) nanocomposites kinetics of intercalation and effects of copolymer on intercalation behavior. J Polym Sci Polym Phys Ed 41 3264-3271 Mitchell CA, Krishnamoorti R (2002) Rheological properties of diblock copolymerdayered-silicate nanocomposites. J Polym Sci Polym Phys Ed 40 1434-1443... 

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