POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES FORMED BY MELT PROCESSING OF A POLYMER AND AN EXFOLIATED LAYERED MATERIAL DERIVATIZED WITH REACTIVE ORGANO SILANES

摘要

This invention relates to a process of forming a composite material comprising a continuous polymeric phase formed from a melt processible polymer and platelet particles having an average thickness equal to or less than about 50 Å, and a maximum thickness of about 100 Å and a reactive organic silane residue having a moiety bonded to the surface of said platelets and a moiety bonded to a polymeric phase, the composite material formed by said process and articles of manufacture formed from the composite material.