4. Properties of nanocomposites
4.1 Thermal and barrier properties
The improved thermal stability of polymer-matrix nanocomposites was first demonstrated by Blumstein in 1965 in the case of an intercalated PMMA/montmorillonite system (10% by mass). This study shows that the PMMA intercalated between the clay...
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Nanotechnologies, in the broadest sense of the term, now represent a real economic challenge. The financial efforts of countries such as the United States, Japan and the European Union in this field have been growing rapidly since the late 1990s. Public support for nanotechnologies in all countries combined totaled 3.5 billion euros in 2003. It is growing at a rate...
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