Effect of nm-thin inorganic layered fillers on the crystallization of polymer nanocomposites

摘要

Polymer nanocomposites have attracted a lot of interest in academic and industrial materials research 1, 2. The vast majority of the research effort in polymer/clay nanocomposites has been focused on the dispersion of clays in polymers, usually expecting that complete exfoliation of the clays in the polymer would yield the best performing composite systems 2. However, for semi-crystalline polymers, the effect of the inorganic filler on the crystallization of the organic matrix becomes extremely important for the properties of the composite.