Malwela, TRay, SS2012-01-102012-01-102011-02Malwela, T and Ray, SS. 2011. Unique morphology of dispersed clay particles in a polymer nanocomposite. Polymer, Vol 52(5), pp 1297-13010032-3861http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032386111000358http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5468Copyright: 2011 Elsevier. This is an ABSTRACT ONLYThis communication reports a unique morphology of dispersed clay particles in a polymer nanocomposite. A nanocomposite of poly[butylene succinate)-co-adipate] (PBSA) with 3 wt% of organically modified montmorillonite was prepared by melt-blending in a batch mixer. The focused-ion beam cross-sectioning at 36° to the sample surface, followed by delineation etching with water revealed a unique dispersed morphology of the clay particles in PBSA nanocomposite. The scanning electron microscopy image showed a unique structure, where the vertically embedded stacked silicate layers fall down to the PBSA matrix, forming a corn-flake like structure. This unique structured was called as “nano-flake".enPolymer nanocompositeMorphologyDispersed clay particlesFocused-ion beamPolymer nanocompositePolymer sNanotechnologyArticleMalwela, T., & Ray, S. (2011). Unique morphology of dispersed clay particles in a polymer nanocomposite. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5468Malwela, T, and SS Ray "Unique morphology of dispersed clay particles in a polymer nanocomposite." (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5468Malwela T, Ray S. Unique morphology of dispersed clay particles in a polymer nanocomposite. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5468.TY - Article AU - Malwela, T AU - Ray, SS AB - This communication reports a unique morphology of dispersed clay particles in a polymer nanocomposite. A nanocomposite of poly[butylene succinate)-co-adipate] (PBSA) with 3 wt% of organically modified montmorillonite was prepared by melt-blending in a batch mixer. The focused-ion beam cross-sectioning at 36° to the sample surface, followed by delineation etching with water revealed a unique dispersed morphology of the clay particles in PBSA nanocomposite. The scanning electron microscopy image showed a unique structure, where the vertically embedded stacked silicate layers fall down to the PBSA matrix, forming a corn-flake like structure. This unique structured was called as “nano-flake". DA - 2011-02 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Polymer nanocomposite KW - Morphology KW - Dispersed clay particles KW - Focused-ion beam KW - Polymer nanocomposite KW - Polymer s KW - Nanotechnology LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 SM - 0032-3861 T1 - Unique morphology of dispersed clay particles in a polymer nanocomposite TI - Unique morphology of dispersed clay particles in a polymer nanocomposite UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5468 ER -