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Dongyu Cai
Dongyu
Cai
Mo Song
Mo
Song
Ultra-high enhancement in the toughness of polyethylene by exfoliated natural clay nanosheets
Loughborough University
2015
Clay
Composites
Polyolefins
Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
2015-06-17 15:42:16
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Ultra-high_enhancement_in_the_toughness_of_polyethylene_by_exfoliated_natural_clay_nanosheets/9236093
The full exfoliation of inorganic natural clay was engineered in a nonpolar polyethylene following a novel method without the involvement of any chemical modification to the surface of silicate layers. Tensile results showed that the toughening effect was dependent of strain rates, and the toughness of polyethylene was substantially improved by nearly five times with 0.5 wt % natural clay nanosheets at a strain rate of 0.15 s−1. Toughening mechanism was also discussed based on this new exfoliated system