Ogunniran, ESSadiku, RRay, Suprakas SLuruli, N2012-01-122012-01-122011-08Ogunniran, E.S. et al. 2011. Effect of boehmite alumina nanofiller incorporation on the morphology and thermal properties of functionalized poly(propylene)/polyamide 12 blends. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Vol 296, pp 1-121439-2054http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mame.201100148/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/5481Copyright: 2011 Springer. This is an ABSTRACT ONLYA composite of boehmite alumina nanoparticles and a PP/PA12 blend is prepared. WAXD and SEM suggest that a low filler loading enhances the coalescence of PA12, whereas a higher loading reverses the situation. DSC, DMA and TGA reveal that the final properties of the blend composites such as crystallization temperatures, flexural storage moduli, or thermal degradation temperatures improvewith increasing nanoparticle loading. The data are compared with the neat polymers and the compatibilized blend, and the results show that the compatibility increases only at high nanoparticle loading, and most of the thermal properties improve with increasing nanoparticle content in the blends. The presence of interfacial interactions between the polymer matrices and the filler was confirmed via FTIR.enBoehmite alumina nanofillerMorphologyPolyamide 12Poly(propylene)Polymer blendsMacromolecular materialsEngineeringArticleOgunniran, E., Sadiku, R., Ray, S. S., & Luruli, N. (2011). Effect of boehmite alumina nanofiller incorporation on the morphology and thermal properties of functionalized poly(propylene)/polyamide 12 blends. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5481Ogunniran, ES, R Sadiku, Suprakas S Ray, and N Luruli "Effect of boehmite alumina nanofiller incorporation on the morphology and thermal properties of functionalized poly(propylene)/polyamide 12 blends." (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5481Ogunniran E, Sadiku R, Ray SS, Luruli N. Effect of boehmite alumina nanofiller incorporation on the morphology and thermal properties of functionalized poly(propylene)/polyamide 12 blends. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5481.TY - Article AU - Ogunniran, ES AU - Sadiku, R AU - Ray, Suprakas S AU - Luruli, N AB - A composite of boehmite alumina nanoparticles and a PP/PA12 blend is prepared. WAXD and SEM suggest that a low filler loading enhances the coalescence of PA12, whereas a higher loading reverses the situation. DSC, DMA and TGA reveal that the final properties of the blend composites such as crystallization temperatures, flexural storage moduli, or thermal degradation temperatures improvewith increasing nanoparticle loading. The data are compared with the neat polymers and the compatibilized blend, and the results show that the compatibility increases only at high nanoparticle loading, and most of the thermal properties improve with increasing nanoparticle content in the blends. The presence of interfacial interactions between the polymer matrices and the filler was confirmed via FTIR. DA - 2011-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Boehmite alumina nanofiller KW - Morphology KW - Polyamide 12 KW - Poly(propylene) KW - Polymer blends KW - Macromolecular materials KW - Engineering LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 SM - 1439-2054 T1 - Effect of boehmite alumina nanofiller incorporation on the morphology and thermal properties of functionalized poly(propylene)/polyamide 12 blends TI - Effect of boehmite alumina nanofiller incorporation on the morphology and thermal properties of functionalized poly(propylene)/polyamide 12 blends UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5481 ER -