Abstract
An organic-inorganic hybrid copolymer was prepared by using a C2 symmetric ansa-metallocene catalyst in conjunction with modified methylaluminoxane (MMAO). Two kinds of monovinyl substituted polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) monomers were used to copolymerize with propylene. A special experiment was carried out in order to confirm the purification of the copolymerization products. The unreacted monomer was completely removed by washing with an n-hexane/ethanol mixture. Thermal properties of the propylene/POSS copolymers exhibited improved thermal stability with higher degradation temperature and char yields, demonstrating that the inclusion of inorganic POSS nanoparticles made the organic polymer matrix more thermally robust.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 40-46 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | European Polymer Journal |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2009 |
Keywords
- Copolymerization
- Nanocomposite
- Organic-inorganic hybrid copolymer
- POSS
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