George Laryea

Polymer-clay Nanocomposites: Morphology and Physico-mechanical Properties George Laryea

Polymer-clay nanocomposites have emerged as a new class of materials which have attracted considerable interest in research and development since polymer-clay nanocomposites have attained some enhancement compared to pure polymers. These new materials will enable the circumvention of classical material performance trade-offs by accessing new properties and exploiting unique synergism between materials that only occur when the length-scale of morphology and the fundamental physics associated with a property coincide on the nanoscale. Polymer-clay nanocomposites exhibit remarkable improvement in materials properties such as high dimensional stability,increased heat resistance,increased strength and modulus and deceased gas permeability compared to pure polymers. This book investigates the value-added properties of polymer-clay nanocomposites compared to pure polymers. The value-added properties for polymer-clay nanocomposites make them useful in industries such as: Automobiles, Construction, Aerospace, Electrical and Electronics and Food Packing or for everyone in academia to explore through research the usefulness of these properties enhancement of polymer-clay nanocomposites to industry