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Recent Progress on the Confinement, Assembly, and Relaxation of Inorganic Functional Fillers in Polymer Matrix during Processing
Author(s) -
Deng Hua,
Fu Qiang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201700444
Subject(s) - polymer , materials science , relaxation (psychology) , filler (materials) , matrix (chemical analysis) , nanotechnology , composite material , functional polymers , polymer science , copolymer , psychology , social psychology
Functional polymer composites have gained extensive interest due to their wide range of applications. Various functionalities are mainly provided by functional fillers and their networks in polymer matrix. Therefore, morphology control on filler network has important influence on the final functionalities. The confinement, assembly, and relaxation of inorganic functional fillers in polymers are thought as the basic issues related to such control. Processing as the means to achieve the desired shape and properties for materials often involves strong temperature and shear field, among other factors—not to mention the complex interaction between polymer and filler. These processing fields and interactions during processing are reported to have profound influence on the confinement, assembly, and relaxation of inorganic fillers in polymer matrix. Therefore, various functionalities could be significantly affected by processing. This paper is a review of recent developments in this area.