Structure of polylactide-modified silicasol nanocomposites based on thermodynamically compatible componentsстатья
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Аннотация:The possibility of implementing entropic mixing for preparing nanocomposites based on thermodynamically compatible components was studied in this work. Polylactide was used as matrix polymer; molecular silicasols with modified surface were employed as a filler. The shell hydrophile of these particles decreases interfacial tension and prevents their aggregation in the bulk of the nanocomposite. A preliminary assessment of the thermodynamic compatibility of polylactide with the selected type of molecular silicasols was performed. The structure of obtained composites was studied by small-angle X-ray scattering. The necessity of modifying the nanoparticle surface by groups compatible with the matrix polymer, which makes it possible to prepare a composite where all filler is dispersed within the matrix to the nanoscale level without using supplementary dispersion techniques, was shown in the work.