Clay concentration dependence of microstructure in deformed poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-clay nanocomposite gels
Clay concentration dependence of microstructure in deformed poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-clay nanocomposite gels
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DOI:
10.1021/ma061688o
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发表时间:
2006-11-14
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5.5
通讯作者:
Shibayama, Mitsuhiro
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作者:
Miyazaki, Sho;Karino, Takeshi;Shibayama, Mitsuhiro
The microscopic structure of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-clay nanocomposite gels (NC gels) having various clay concentrations (C-clay) was investigated by mechanical measurement and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) as a function of stretching ratio lambda. The mechanical measurements indicated that the number of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA) chains bridging clay platelets, N-chain, per unit volume increased with C-clay(4/3). Two-dimensional SANS intensity patterns exhibited the so-called "abnormal-butterfly" pattern. However, both sector-averaged scattering intensities parallel and perpendicular to the stretching direction were well represented by Ornstein-Zernike (OZ) scattering functions, suggesting that the NC gels have very little cross-linking inhomogeneities regardless of C-clay and of lambda (lambda