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篇目详细内容 |
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【篇名】 |
Influence of surface-modified TiO2 nanoparticles on fracture behavior of injection molded polypropylene |
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【刊名】 |
Frontiers of Materials Science in China |
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【刊名缩写】 |
Front. Mater. Sci. China |
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【ISSN】 |
1673-7377 |
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【EISSN】 |
1673-7482 |
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【DOI】 |
10.1007/s11706-008-0002-z |
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【出版社】 |
Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag |
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【出版年】 |
2008 |
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【卷期】 |
2
卷1期 |
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【页码】 |
9-15
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7
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【作者】 |
ZHANG Hui;
ZHANG Zhong;
PARK Hyung-Woo;
ZHU Xing;
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【关键词】 |
fracture; toughness; ductility; nanocomposites; nanoparticles; polypropylene (PP) |
【摘要】 |
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We prepared surface-modified TiO2 nanoparticle (21 nm)/polypropylene nanocomposites using a twin-screw extruder and an injection molding machine. The TEM (transmission electron microscopy) and SEM (scanning electron microscopy) images showed homogeneous dispersion of nano-TiO2 at 1 vol.% filler content and weak nanoparticle matrix interfacial adhesion. It was found that the essential work of fracture (EWF) approach, usually characterizing fracture toughness of ductile materials, was no longer applicable to the nanocomposite samples because of the extreme crack blunting and tearing processes observed in the EWF tests. As an alternative approach, the specific essential work-related yield was used for assessment of the plane-strain toughness, as suggested in the literature. The results indicated that the addition of 1 vol.% nano-TiO2 did not toughen the polypropylene (PP) matrix at all. On the other hand, it was observed from the EWF tensile curves that the nanoparticles enhanced the ductility of the PP matrix greatly, the reason of which was probably ascribed to the high level of molecular orientation of the injection molded samples, as revealed by the polarized optical microscopy (POM). Because of the highly ductile behavior induced by the nanoparticles, the fracture energy achieved two- to three-fold increase, depending on the ligament lengths of the samples. The difference between the toughness and ductility of nanocomposites was discussed. |
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