Study on the Effect of Titanate Coupling Agent on the Impact Properties improvement of Polystyrene/TiO2 Nanocomposites

DOI

10.2991/mebe-15.2015.175How to use a DOI?

Keywords

TiO2; titanate coupling agent; polystyrene; impact properties.

Abstract

A study is carried out to investigate the influences of compounding process and surface treatment on nanometre-sized TiO2 filled polystyrene. The compounding process is discussed with a torque rheometer. The TiO2 filler is surface-treated with a liquid titanate coupling agent. The effects of coupling agents on the mechanical, morphological, and thermal stability properties of TiO2/polystyrene(PS) nanocomposites were studied. Nanocomposites of different weight fractions are prepared, and their impact properties are evaluated. The unnotched impact strength increased. Surface treatment of TiO2 filler generally yielded nanocomposites of higher impact strength than untreated system.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dongmei Zhang
AU  - Xiaoyan Wang
AU  - Xinrong Kan
PY  - 2015/04
DA  - 2015/04
TI  - Study on the Effect of Titanate Coupling Agent on the Impact Properties improvement of Polystyrene/TiO2 Nanocomposites
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Materials, Environmental and Biological Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 785
EP  - 789
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/mebe-15.2015.175
DO  - 10.2991/mebe-15.2015.175
ID  - Zhang2015/04
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