ISBN-13: 9783838399669 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str.
In polymer processing, such as extrusion and injection molding, the rheological properties of polymeric materials, related to the microstructure of macromolecules, play a very important role. In filled polymer system, the extend of the dispersion, the shape and the orientation and/or arrangement of the dispersed particles add to the complexity of the rheology. In polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites, the nanometric size of the dispersed particles brings still an additional complexity due to the importance of the polymer-particle and particle-particle interactions. This work focuses on the rheology of the nano suspension of silicate layers in a viscoelastic polymer matrix. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics is employed to model its linear and nonlinear rheological behavior.
In polymer processing, such as extrusion and injection molding, the rheological properties of polymeric materials, related to the microstructure of macromolecules, play a very important role. In filled polymer system, the extend of the dispersion, the shape and the orientation and/or arrangement of the dispersed particles add to the complexity of the rheology. In polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites, the nanometric size of the dispersed particles brings still an additional complexity due to the importance of the polymer-particle and particle-particle interactions. This work focuses on the rheology of the nano suspension of silicate layers in a viscoelastic polymer matrix. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics is employed to model its linear and nonlinear rheological behavior.