Water-Assisted Production of Thermoplastic Nanocomposites: A Review

Materials

József Karger-Kocsis²  Ákos Kmetty²  László Lendvai²  Stavros X. Drakopoulos¹  Tamás Bárány² 

[1] Department of Material Science, University of Patras, Patras GR-26504, Greece; E-Mail:;Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3., Budapest H-1111, Hungary; E-Mails:

关键词: nanocomposites;    water-assisted melt compounding;    clay;    boehmite;    commodity plastics;    engineering thermoplastics;    nanofillers;    cellulose;    thermoplastic starch;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ma8010072

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Water-assisted, or more generally liquid-mediated, melt compounding of nanocomposites is basically a combination of solution-assisted and traditional melt mixing methods. It is an emerging technique to overcome several disadvantages of the above two. Water or aqueous liquids with additives, do not work merely as temporary carrier materials of suitable nanofillers. During batchwise and continuous compounding, these liquids are fully or partly evaporated. In the latter case, the residual liquid is working as a plasticizer. This processing technique contributes to a better dispersion of the nanofillers and affects markedly the morphology and properties of the resulting nanocomposites. A survey is given below on the present praxis and possible future developments of water-assisted melt mixing techniques for the production of thermoplastic nanocomposites.

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