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Progress in Understanding of the Interactions between Functionalized Polyolefins and Organo-Layered Double Hydroxides

Francesca CicognaLucía Pérez AmaroSerena CoiaiNadka Tzankova DintchevaElisa PassagliaFrancesca LiguoriPierluigi Barbaro

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chemistry.chemical_classificationIonic clustersPolymers and PlasticsChemistryGeneral Chemical EngineeringLayered double hydroxidesMaleic anhydrideGeneral ChemistryPolymerengineering.materialPolyethylenechemistry.chemical_compoundPolymer chemistrySolvent fractionationengineeringDispersion (chemistry)Macromolecule

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The dispersion of organo-layered double hydroxides (O-LDH) in functionalized polyolefins (POs) is investigated. Two different polyethylene matrices (maleic anhydride (MAH) and diethyl maleate functionalized) are tested and a hydrogenated fatty acid modified LDH is used. The attention is focused on evidencing the interaction between the functional groups of the polymer and the O-LDH through FT-IR. Moreover, a combination of solvent fractionation, morphological, and rheological characterizations enables to gain a deeper insight into the structure of these composites. In particular, the formation of bridging bonds between the particles and MAH functionalized macromolecules is assumed, possibly due to the formation of ionic clusters, characteristics of ionomers, with formation of crosslinked/aggregated structures.

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2013-11-27Macromolecular Reaction Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1002/mren.201300154