Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Phase Structure of Polyethylene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites Prepared by In Situ Polymerization

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Polyethylene/montmorillonite (PE/MMT) nanocomposites were prepared by in situ polymerization. The dynamic mechanical properties and phase structure of PE/MMT nanocomposites at different MMT concentrations (from 0.1 to 1.2 wt %) were studied. The storage modulus of PE/MMT nanocomposites is higher than that of the polymer matrix. And the motions of molecular relaxations and conformational transitions both in non-crystalline and crystalline phases are confined by the strong interactions between polymer and MMT. Otherwise, the spherulite size gradually decreases with the increasing content of MMT.

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