A review is given of the academic and industrial aspects of the preparation, characterization,
materials properties, crystallization behavior, melt rheology, and processing of …

The static and dynamic properties of polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites are
discussed, in the context of polymers in confined spaces and polymer brushes. A wide range …

More than twenty years have passed since we invented PCN, in which only a few wt.‐% of
silicate is randomly and homogeneously dispersed in the polymer matrix. When molded …

Nature exploits self‐organization of soft materials in many ways, to produce cell membranes,
biopolymer fibers and viruses, to name just three. Mankind is now able to design materials at …

Polymer/clay nanocomposites have been observed to exhibit enhanced mechanical
properties at low weight fractions (Wc) of clay. Continuum-based composite modeling …

The static and dynamic properties of polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites are
discussed in the context of polymers in confined media. Despite the topological constraints …

The rheology of end-tethered polymer layered silicate nanocomposites is investigated using
linear viscoelastic measurements in oscillatory shear with small strain amplitudes. Two …

Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs), ie nanoparticles (spheres, rods, and plates) dispersed in
a polymer matrix, have garnered substantial academic and industrial interest since their …

Polystyrene nanocomposites with functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs),
prepared by the in-situ generation and reaction of organic diazonium compounds, were …

Organophilic montmorillonite was obtained by the reaction of montmorillonite (MON) and
distearyldimethylammonium chloride (DSAC). The modified clay and poly (l‐lactide),(PLLA) …