Polymer-based nanocomposites with nanoclay

Abstract

In the last few years a huge number of papers were published in the topic of nanocomposites. Mixing some kind of nanoscale additive into a polymer matrix provides an extra advantage to create polymer-based nanocomposites with better properties. The clay particles, like montmorillonite, can improve thermal, mechanical, rheological and barrier properties and conductivity, although the structure of the platelets greatly influence their behaviour. Moreover, nucleating and synergetic effect can occur, which also accomplish the properties. This review discusses the properties changes of the polymer nanocomposites reinforced with montmorillonite (MMT).