The non-isothermal cure kinetics of polymer silicate layered nanocomposites based on a tri-
functional epoxy resin has been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. From an …

The cure reaction kinetics of epoxy resin, with organically modified montmorillonite loadings
of up to 20 wt% and with stoichiometric conditions, has been studied by differential scanning …

The procedure for the fabrication of epoxy-based polymer layered silicate nanocomposites
is important in respect of the nanostructure that is developed. To further our understanding of …

Achieving a high degree of exfoliation in epoxy‐based polymer layered silicate (PLS)
nanocomposites is crucial to their successful industrial application, but has hitherto proved …

The effect of nanoclay on the non-isothermal cure kinetics of polymer layered silicate
nanocomposites based upon epoxy resin is studied by calorimetric techniques (DSC and …

Three different methods of fabricating polymer layered silicate (PLS) nanocomposites based
upon a tri-functional epoxy resin are compared in respect of the nanostructure and impact …

Exfoliation of polymer layered silicate nanocomposites based upon epoxy resin has
previously been reported to be enhanced by allowing some homopolymerization of the resin …

The use of an initiator, 4-(dimethylamino) pyridine (DMAP), to promote an anionic
homopolymerisation reaction for the isothermal cure of polymer layered silicate (PLS) …

Epoxy–clay nanocomposites were synthesised by swelling an organophilic montmorillonite
in a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A resin with subsequent polymerisation. Three different …

The influence of an organically modified clay on the curing behavior of three epoxy systems
widely used in the aerospace industry and of different structures and functionalities was …