摘要
Using the porous polypropylene （PP） granules consisting of submicroparticles prepared by the reactor granular technology （RGT）, a facile process was developed to synthesize in situ polypropylene/silica nanocomposites where styrene- alt-maleic anhydride copolymers （PSM） were firstly grafted onto both the outer- and the inner-pore surfaces of PP granules via solid-phase grafting polymerization, and then a sol-gel reaction was conducted inside these micro-pores with the carboxyl acid derived from maleic anhydride as catalyst. TEM micrographs demonstrated that the silica nanoparticles obtained by this strategy had a size around 10-20 nm in diameter and uniformly dispersed in the PSM-based nanocomposites. More importantly, the silica nanoparticles could significantly reduce the size of PP spherulites. Consequently, the PP/silica nanocomposites with high transparency and good mechanical performance were achieved.
Using the porous polypropylene （PP） granules consisting of submicroparticles prepared by the reactor granular technology （RGT）, a facile process was developed to synthesize in situ polypropylene/silica nanocomposites where styrene- alt-maleic anhydride copolymers （PSM） were firstly grafted onto both the outer- and the inner-pore surfaces of PP granules via solid-phase grafting polymerization, and then a sol-gel reaction was conducted inside these micro-pores with the carboxyl acid derived from maleic anhydride as catalyst. TEM micrographs demonstrated that the silica nanoparticles obtained by this strategy had a size around 10-20 nm in diameter and uniformly dispersed in the PSM-based nanocomposites. More importantly, the silica nanoparticles could significantly reduce the size of PP spherulites. Consequently, the PP/silica nanocomposites with high transparency and good mechanical performance were achieved.
