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Effect of Nanoparticles on the Thermal Stability of Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Juan González-Irun ,
Ana Garcia ,
Ramón Artiaga ,
Luís Liz-Marzán ,
David Hui  and
Mircea Chipara
Juan González-Irun
Affiliation:
juan_G@uvigo.es
Ana Garcia
Affiliation:
depc11@uvigo.es
Ramón Artiaga
Affiliation:
rartiaga@udc.es, Universidade da Coruña, Ferrol, Spain, Spain
Luís Liz-Marzán
Affiliation:
lmarzan@uvigo.es, Spain
David Hui
Affiliation:
FHui@uno.edu, University of New Orleans, United States
Mircea Chipara
Affiliation:
mchipara@indiana.edu
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Abstract

The thermal stability of polymethylmethacrylate loaded with silica nnaoparticles is investigated. The temperature dependence of the mass has been accurately fitted with a single Boltzmann-like dependence. The effect of surface functionalization, size of silica nanoparticles, and concentration of silica nanoparticles is analyzed. A weak increase of the thermal stability of polymethylmethacrylate has been obtained by loading the polymer matrix with nanoparticles. Surface functionalization produced a modest increase in the thermal stability (compared to composites with silica nanoparticles without surface modification).

Keywords

thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)polymernanoscale
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 887: Symposium Q – Degradation Processes in Nanostructured Materials , 2005 , 0887-Q03-03
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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