The development of polymer-clay nanocomposite materials, in which nanometer-thick layers
ofclay are dispersed in polymers, was first achieved about 15 years ago. Since then, the�…

Clay/polymer nanocomposites offer tremendous improvement in a wide range of physical
and engineering properties for polymers with low filler loading. This technology can now be�…

Nanoclay-reinforced polymers have attracted considerable universal attention in academic
and industrial research due to their outstanding properties and their ever-expanding�…

The continuous progression of the development of polymer–clay nanocomposites is
because of their ever-growing utilization in several end-use applications. In this respect, this�…

Nylon 11/organoclay nanocomposites have been successfully prepared by melt-
compounding. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy indicate the formation�…

Since the end of the last century, the discovery of polymer nanocomposites and their ever-
expanding use in various applications has been the result of continuous developments in�…

This paper reviews the recent research and development of clay-based polymer
nanocomposites. Clay minerals, due to their unique layered structure, rich intercalation�…

In the recent years, bio-based products have raised great interest since sustainable
development policies tend to expand with the decreasing reserve of fossil fuel and the�…

More than twenty years have passed since we invented PCN, in which only a few wt.‐% of
silicate is randomly and homogeneously dispersed in the polymer matrix. When molded�…

In this work, polypropylene–clay nanocomposites are obtained and studied by using two
different coupling agents, diethyl maleate and maleic anhydride. Two different clays, a�…