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Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control | 2007

Monitoring clay exfoliation during polymer/clay compounding using fluorescence spectroscopy

Anthony J. Bur; Steven C. Roth; P R. Start; Yu-Hsin Lee; Paul H. Maupin

A fluorescent probe molecule, Nile blue perchlorate, was used to monitor the compounding of nylon 11 with clay filler. Prior to compounding, Nile blue was incorporated into the gallery region between silicate layers of the clay by an ion-exchange process. While residing in the gallery, fluorescence from Nile blue was quenched because of fluorescence resorption in a high dye concentration environment. However, when clay is compounded with the nylon, clay exfoliation allowed the dye to escape the gallery region and to become dispersed in the resin matrix. During batch mixing, we observed that fluorescence increased with time indicating that dye molecules were migrating from the gallery. Experiments carried out using a twin-screw extruder to compound resin and clay showed that twin-screw compounding was much more efficient in producing clay exfoliation than was the batch mixer.


Polymer | 2005

The influence of clay and elastomer concentration on the morphology and fracture energy of preformed acrylic rubber dispersed clay filled epoxy nanocomposites

S. Balakrishnan; P R. Start; Dharmaraj Raghavan; Steven D. Hudson


Polymer | 2005

Measuring the extent of exfoliation in polymer/clay nanocomposites using real-time process monitoring methods *

Anthony J. Bur; Yu-Hsin Lee; Steven C. Roth; P R. Start


Polymer | 2004

Dielectric spectroscopy during extrusion processing of polymer nanocomposites: a high throughput processing/characterization method to measure layered silicate content and exfoliation *

Rick D. Davis; Anthony J. Bur; M M. McBrearty; Yu-Hsin Lee; Jeffrey W. Gilman; P R. Start


Journal of Polymer Science Part A | 2004

Chemically functionalized clay vinyl ester nanocomposites: Effect of processing parameters

D Yebassa; S. Balakrishnan; E Feresenbet; Dharmaraj Raghavan; P R. Start; Steven D. Hudson


Macromolecules | 2005

Accelerated α Relaxation Dynamics in the Exfoliated Nylon-11/Clay Nanocomposite Observed in the Melt and Semicrystalline State by Dielectric Spectroscopy

Yu-Hsin Lee; Anthony J. Bur; and Steven C. Roth; P R. Start


Polymers for Advanced Technologies | 2005

Monitoring the relaxation behavior of nylon/clay nanocomposites in the melt with an online dielectric sensor

Yu-Hsin Lee; Anthony J. Bur; Steven C. Roth; P R. Start; Richard H. Harris


Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 2006

Breakup of carbon nanotube flocs in microfluidic traps

P R. Start; Steven D. Hudson; Erik K. Hobbie; Kalman B. Migler


Polymeric materials science and engineering | 2004

Dielectric Spectroscopy During Extrusion Processing of Polyamide 6 Nanocomposites: A High Throughput Method

Rick D. Davis; Jeffrey W. Gilman; Anthony J. Bur; M M. McBrearty; P R. Start; Yu-Hsin Lee


ANTEC (Society of Plastics Engineers. Technical Conference) | 2004

Fluorescent Probes for Monitoring Microstructure of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites

Anthony J. Bur; Steven C. Roth; P R. Start; Paul H. Maupin

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Anthony J. Bur

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Steven C. Roth

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Yu-Hsin Lee

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Jeffrey W. Gilman

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Rick D. Davis

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Steven D. Hudson

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Paul H. Maupin

United States Department of Energy

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Erik K. Hobbie

North Dakota State University

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