• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권4A호
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• pp.761-766
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• 2006

폴리머 복합체는 우수한 강도와 내구성으로 건설현장에서 프리캐스트 부재 및 보수, 보강재로서 널리 쓰이고 있어 폴리머 복합체의 경제성 및 성능 향상에 관한 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 폴리머 나노 복합체는 나노미터 수준의 크기를 가진 Clay 등의 무기 물질을 나노분산 상으로 폴리머에 균일 혼합시킨 것으로 산업적 응용가능성 면에서 뿐만 아니라 재료 및 공학분야에서도 많은 관심을 가지고 있다. 그리고 기존의 복합체 보다 1/10 혹은 그 이상의 낮은 함량의 분산상만으로도 더 우수한 강도와 역학적 특성 및 열안정성을 나타낸다. 본 실험에서는 폴리머 복합체의 성능을 향상시키고자 유기화된 몬모릴로나이트(MMT)와 유기화 되지 않은 몬모릴로나이트(MMT)를 사용하여 박리된 MMT-UP 나노 복합체를 제조하였다. XRD와 TEM실험결과, Cloisite 30B-UP 나노 복합체에서 층과 층 사이가 $100{\AA}$ 이상 떨어져 단일층으로 분산되었기 때문에 박리가 되었음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 역학적 특성은 기존복합체보다 인장강도와 인장탄성계수을 비교하였을 때 매우 향상됨을 알 수 있었고 열적 특성도 기존복합체보다 우수한 함을 나타내었다. 박리정도가 우수한 MMT-UP 복합체로 제조한 폴리머 콘크리트에서도 순수한 UP를 사용한 것보다 역학적 특성이 두드러졌다. 또한 폴리머 콘크리트의 강도와 탄성계수는 MMT-UP 복합체의 인장강도 및 인장탄성계수와 상관성을 갖는 것으로 판단된다.

• 폴리머
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.589-595
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• 2003

서로 다른 종류의 유기 개질제가 층간에 삽입된 세 종류의 몬모릴로나이트 (MMT)를 사용하여 불포화 폴리에스터 (UP)/MMT 나노복합체를 제조하고 유기 개질제의 화학적 구조와 각 성분들의 최종 혼합시간이 최종 나노복합체의 형태구조와 각종 물리적 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 최종 혼합 시간은 MMT의 종류에 관계없이 나노복합체의 형태구조와 각종 물성에 별다른 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 확인되었으며, MMT의 유기 개질제에 두 개의 수산화기가 포함된 Cloisite 30B의 경우에는 나머지 두 종류의 MMT에 비해 형태구조나 고무 평탄 영역에서의 전단 모듈러스 및 굴곡강도 등은 우수한 것으로 나타났다 하지만 인장 강도나 열분해 거동, 유리 전이 온도 등은 별다른 차이를 보이지 않았으며, 또한 MMT의 함량에 따른 각종 특성의 선형적인 증가도 관찰되지 않았다.

• 폴리머
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.271-276
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• 2005

폴리프로릴렌(Polypropylene, PP)과 몬모릴로나이트(Montmorillonite, MMT)의 나노복합체를 용융 혼합 방법으로 제조하였다. MMT는 dimethyl hydrogenated tallow 2-eaylhexyl ammonium으로 개질된 MMT(Cloisite 15A)를 사용하였다. 상용 화제로는 telechelic OH 그룹을 갖는 폴리올레핀 올리고머를 사용하였다. X선 회절 패턴의 분석과 TEM 사진을 통해 MMT의 박리 정도를 조사하였다. 상용화제의 함량이 25 phr일 경우 MMT의 박리가 잘 일어나는 것을 알 수 있었다. 열중량분석법(TGA)으로 측정한 열안정성은 MMT의 함량이 5 phr까지 증가할수록 우수해짐을 확인하였다. 복합전단 점도와 저장 탄성률은 상용화제의 함량이 감소할수록, MMT의 함량이 증가할수록 우수해지는 것으로 나타났다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.410-417
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• 2003

Poly(methyl methacrylate-co-acrylonitrile) [P(MMA-co-AN)]/Na-MMT nanocomposites were synthesized through emulsion polymerization with pristine Na-MMT. The nanocomposites were exfoliated up to 20 wt% content of pristine Na-MMT relative to the amount of MMA and AN, and exhibited enhanced storage moduli, E', relative to the neat copolymer. The exfoliated morphology of the nanocomposite was confirmed by XRD and TEM. 2-Acryla-mido-2-methyl-1-propane sulfonic acid (AMPS) widened the galleries between the clay layers before polymerization and facilitated the comonomers, penetration into the clay to create the exfoliated nanocomposites. The onset of the thermal decomposition of the nanocomposites shifted to a higher temperature as the clay content increased. By calculating areas of tan$\delta$ of the nanocomposites, we observed that the nanocomposites show more solid-like behavior as the clay content increases. The dynamic storage modulus and complex viscosity increased with clay content. The complex viscosity showed shear-thinning behavior as the clay content increased. The Young's moduli of the nano-composites are higher than that of the neat copolymer and they increase steadily as the silicate content increases, as a result of the exfoliated structure at high clay content.

• 폴리머
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.876-883
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• 2001

에톡시히드로퀴논과 브로모 테레프탈산을 사용하여 용액 중합법으로 네마틱 액정 상을 가지는 열방성 액정 고분자를 합성하였다. 합성된 헥사데실-몬모릴로나이트 (C$_{16}$-MMT)를 액정고분자의 용융 전이온도 이상에서 매트릭스 고분자에 대해 여러 wt%로 조성을 변화시키면서 나노복합재료를 만들었다. $C_{16}$-MMT가 액정 고분자에 대해 2 wt%만 첨가되어도 열적 성질이 크게 증가하였으며 이후로 $C_{16}$-MMT가 증가함에 따라 일정하게 증가하였다. 유기화 점토가 2에서 6 wt%까지 증가되어도 액정 상은 파괴되지 않고 그대로 유지되었다. X-ray 회절도의 결과, 첨가된 $C_{16}$-MMT의 일부는 TLCP에 잘 분산되었으나, 일부는 뭉쳐진 형태로 존재하였으며 첨가된 $C_{16}$-MMT의 상이 증가할수록 뭉침이 증가되었다. 합성된 나노복합재료의 열적 성질과 몰폴로지는 시차주사 열분석기(DSC), 열중량 분석기(TGA), 편광 현미경, 그리고 전자 현미경(SEM, TEM) 등을 이용하여 분석하였다.다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.434-439
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• 2009

This study investigates the thermal properties of nanocomposites prepared from poly(lactic acid) (PLA), wood flour (WF) and montmorillonite (MMT) by melt compounding with a twin screw extruder. In order to enhance the mechanical properties of PLA/WF composites, maleic anhydride grafted PLA (MAPLA) is synthesized as a compatibilizer. MAPLA prepared in the laboratory is characterized using FR-IR. From SEM microphotographs, the presence of MAPLA has a positive effect on the mechanical properties of WF-reinforced PLA composites. The addition of WF/MAPLA into neat PLA increased the glass transition temperature ($T_g$). The addition of 1 to 5 wt% MMT into PLA/WF/MAPLA composite decreases the $T_g$. The cold crystallization temperature ($T_{cc}$) was decreased by the addition of MMT. The MMT could act as effective nucleating sites of PLA crystallization. The thermal stability evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is improved with the contents of MMT up to 3 wt%.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.260-266
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• 2003

Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)/clay nanocomposites were synthesized by blending a solution of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer containing 12% vinyl acetate abbreviated as EVA-12 in toluene and dispersion of dodecyl ammonium ion intercalated montmorillonite (l2Me-MMT) in N,N-dimethyl acetamide (DMAc). X-ray patterns of sodium montmorillonite ($Na^+$-MMT) and 12Me-MMT exhibited $d_{001}$ peak at $2{\theta}=7.4^{\circ}$ and $2{\theta}=5.6^{\circ}$ respectively; that is, the interlayer spacing of MMT increased by about 0.39 nm due to intercalation of dodecyl ammonium ions. The XRD trace of EVA showed no peak in the angular range of $3-10^{\circ}(2{\theta})$. In the XRD patterns of EVA/clay hybrids with clay content up to 6 wt% the basal reflection peak of 12Me-MMT was absent. leading to the formation of delaminated configuration of the composites. When the 12Me-MMT content was 8 wt% in the EVA-12 matrix, the hybrid revealed a peak at about $2{\theta}=5.6^{\circ}$, owing to the aggregation of aluminosilicate layers. Transmission electron microscopic photograph exhibited that an average size of 12-15 nm clay layers were randomly and homogeneously dispersed in the polymer matrix, which led to the formation of nanocomposite with delaminated configuration. The formation of delaminated nanocomposites was manifested through the enhancement of mechanical properties and thermal stability, e.g. tensile strength of an hybrid containing only 2 wt% 12Me-MMT was enhanced by about 36% as compared with neat EVA-12.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.776-784
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• 2009

N,N-dimethyldodecylamine (tertiary amine)-modified MMT (DDA-MMT) was prepared as an organically modified layered silicate (OLS), after which styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) nanocomposites reinforced with the OLS were manufactured via the latex method. The layer distance of the OLS and the morphology of the nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). By increasing the amount of N,N-dimethyldodecylamine (DDA) up to 2.5 g, the maximum values of torque, tensile strength and wear resistance of the SBR nanocomposites were increased due to the increased dispersion of the silicate layers in the rubber matrix and the increased crosslinking of the SBR nanocomposites by DDA itself. When SBR nanocomposites were manufactured by using the ternary filler system (carbon black/silica/OLS) to improve their dynamic properties as a tire tread compound, the tan $\delta$(at $0^{\circ}C$ and $60^{\circ}C$) property of the compounds was improved by using metal stearates instead of stearic acid. The mechanical properties and wear resistance were increased by direct substitution of calcium stearate for stearic acid because the filler-rubber interaction was increased by the strong ionic effect between the calcium cation and silicates with anionic surface. However, as the amount of calcium stearate was further increased above 0.5 phr, the mechanical properties and wear resistance were degraded due to the lubrication effect of the excessive amount of calcium stearate. Consequently, the SBR/organoclay nanocomposites that used carbon black, silica, and organoclay as their ternary filler system showed excellent dynamic properties, mechanical properties and wear resistance as a tire tread compound for passenger cars when 0.5 phr of calcium stearate was substituted for the conventionally used stearic acid.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.644-650
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• 2008

This study examined the effect of nanoclays on the shape memory behavior of polyurethane (PU) in fibrous form. A cation was introduced into the PU molecules to disperse the organo-nanoclay (MMT) into poly($\varepsilon$-caprolactone) (PCL)-based PU (PCL-PU). The MMT/PCL-PU nanocomposites were then spun into fibers through melt-processing. The shape memory performance of the spun fibers was examined using a variety of thermo-mechanical tests including a new method to determine the transition temperature of shape memory polymers. The MMTs showed an improved the fixity strain rate of the MMT /PCL- PU fibers but a slight decrease in their recovery strain rate. This was explained by the limited movement of PU molecules due to the presence of nanoclays. The shape memory performance of the MMT/PCL-PU fibers was not enhanced significantly by the nanoclays. However, their recovery power was improved significantly up to a strain of approximately 50%.