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| Author(s): |
Fecchio, Bruno D.
[1]
;
Valandro, Silvano R.
[1]
;
Neumann, Miguel G.
[1]
;
Cavalheiro, Carla C. S.
[1]
Total Authors: 4
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Quim Sao Carlos, CP 780, BR-13560970 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society; v. 27, n. 2, p. 278+, FEB 2016. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 2 |
| Abstract | |
This paper reports the effect of the SWy-1 montmorillonite content on the kinetic thermal degradation of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA)/SWy-1 nanocomposites prepared by in situ photopolymerization, using thermogravimetry analysis (TGA). 2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate was photopolymerized in the presence of SWy-1 clay mineral using 2-hydroxy-3- (3,4-dimethyl-9-oxo-9H-thioxanthen-2-yloxy)-N,N,N-trimethyl-1-propanium chloride (QTX) and triethanolamine as the photoinitiating system. X-Ray diffraction analysis indicates that the PHEMA/SWy-1 nanocomposites present an intercalated structure. The isoconversional Flynn-Wall-Ozawa method was used to estimate activation energies and pre-exponential factors for the thermal decomposition. All nanocomposites exhibited improvement in their thermal stability, mainly due to the large interaction between the PHEMA intercalated in the SWy-1 structure. The activation energies for PHEMA/SWy-1 nanocomposites increased when increasing the clay content. The SWy-1 clay mineral acts as a better insulator, mass transport barrier and as a "crosslinking agent", increasing the activation energies for the decomposition of the polymer present in the nanocomposites. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/15998-1 - UV/visible light interactions with polymer-clay composites: photopolymerization and photodegradation |
| Grantee: | Carla Cristina Schmitt Cavalheiro |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/19656-0 - Photoinitiation of polymerization and degradation of polymers multicomponent |
| Grantee: | Carla Cristina Schmitt Cavalheiro |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |