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Mechanical and UV‐shielding properties of in situ synthesized poly(acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene)/zinc oxide nanocomposites
Author(s) -
RodríguezTobías Heriberto,
Morales Graciela,
RodríguezFernández Oliverio,
Acuña Pablo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.38092
Subject(s) - materials science , extrusion , acrylonitrile , reactive extrusion , acrylonitrile butadiene styrene , nanocomposite , agglomerate , polymerization , nanoparticle , zinc , composite material , polymer , chemical engineering , styrene , polymer chemistry , copolymer , nanotechnology , engineering , metallurgy
A series of poly(acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene)/ZnO nanocomposites with different ZnO nanoparticles content were synthesized by a mass‐suspension polymerization process. Nanocomposites obtained through this technique presented high impact resistance despite the presence of agglomerates for high ZnO nanoparticles content so that, these samples were subjected to twin‐screw extrusion. The extrusion led to a dramatic morphological change and increased in impact resistance, higher than 100% in most of the cases. On the other hand, the higher the ZnO content, the higher the UV blocking (>95% for 1 and 3% of ZnO) for both materials, before and after extrusion. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013