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Preparation and characterization of ethylene-vinyl acetate/halloysite nanotube nanocomposites

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Ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) nanocomposites based on halloysite nanotubes (HNT) were prepared by solution casting method. The thermal, mechanical, water uptake, as well as oxygen permeability properties of the nanocomposites were examined. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscopy showed that HNTs were dispersed well into the EVA matrix. XRD data also suggested that HNT frustrates chain ordering and reduced total crystallinity percentage. The thermal and mechanical properties of the nanocomposites were improved with HNT loading, up to 3 wt%. Both ductility and toughness were enhanced by incorporation of up to 3 wt% of HNT, implicitly confirming that HNT has been dispersed in EVA homogeneously. The addition of HNT also enhanced the water resistance and oxygen permeability of the prepared nanocomposites.

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  1. Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    Raheleh Heidar Pour

  2. Research Center on Nanotechnology Applied to Engineering of Sapienza (CNIS), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Hossein Cheraghi Bidsorkhi

  3. Department of Astronautic, Electrical and Energetic Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Rome, Italy

    Hossein Cheraghi Bidsorkhi

  4. Department of Polymer Engineering and Color Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Hossein Adelnia

  5. Chemical Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 46150, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia

    Mohammad Soheilmoghaddam

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Bidsorkhi, H.C., Adelnia, H., Heidar Pour, R. et al. Preparation and characterization of ethylene-vinyl acetate/halloysite nanotube nanocomposites. J Mater Sci 50, 3237–3245 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-8891-6

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