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Properties of an organosilicon nanophase generated in a poly(amide imide) matrix by the sol‐gel technique
Author(s) -
Shantalii Tetyana A.,
Karpova Iryna L.,
Dragan Kateryna S.,
Privalko Eleonora G.,
Karaman Vitaly M.,
Privalko Valery P.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
polymers for advanced technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1099-1581
pISSN - 1042-7147
DOI - 10.1002/pat.596
Subject(s) - materials science , small angle x ray scattering , nanocomposite , thermogravimetric analysis , triethoxysilane , chemical engineering , organosilicon , polymer , polymer chemistry , composite material , scattering , optics , physics , engineering
Poly(amide imide) (PAI) nanocomposites prepared by the in situ generation of crosslinked organosilicon nanophase (ON) through the sol‐gel process were characterized by wide‐angle and small‐angle X‐ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic mechanical analysis and kinetics of water uptake. It was concluded that the polymer nanocomposite (PNC) were likely to possess a complex morphology on the nanoscale characterized by co‐existence of two mixed nanophases of different compositions. At low methyl triethoxysilane (MTS) contents the fractal‐like organization of paracrystalline nano‐domains of PAI chain fragments is destroyed by the randomly distributed ON particles, whereas on the increase of MTS content the spatial correlations between ON particles become stronger, giving rise to their own fractal‐like structure. The higher values of small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) invariant, apparent water diffusivity and limiting water uptake for the PNC compared to the pristine PAI were assumed to reflect the loose inner structures of PAI‐rich and ON‐rich nanophases, respectively. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.