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Characteristic Properties of Nanoclays and Characterization of Nanoparticulates and Nanocomposites

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Nanoclay Reinforced Polymer Composites

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Clays have been one of the more important industrial minerals; and with the recent advent of nanotechnology, they have found multifarious applications and in each application, nanoclays help to improve the quality of product, economize on the cost and saves environment. The chapter describes key characteristics of nanoclays and their classification on the basis of the arrangement of “sheets” in their basic structural unit “layer”. Major groups include kaolin–serpentine, pyrophyllite-talc, smectite, vermiculite, mica and Chlorite. The structural, morphological and physicochemical properties of halloystite and montmorillonite nanoclays, representative of the 1:1 and 2:1 layer groups, respectively, are discussed as well. After briefly introducing the surface modification of clay minerals by modifying or functionalizing their surfaces and their incorporation into polymer matrices to develop polymer/clay nanocomposites, techniques that are being employed to characterize these nanoclays, in general, and the sample preparation for these techniques, in particular, are also reviewed in this chapter.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

    Muhammad Shahid Nazir, Mazhar Amjad Gilani & Khaliq Majeed

  2. School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, George Town, Penang, Malaysia

    Mohamad Haafiz Mohamad Kassim

  3. Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, PO Box 2713, Doha, Qatar

    Lagnamayee Mohapatra & Khaliq Majeed

  4. Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Humanities, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 83, Alkharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia

    Mazhar Amjad Gilani

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Sahiwal, Pakistan

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Nazir, M.S., Mohamad Kassim, M.H., Mohapatra, L., Gilani, M.A., Raza, M.R., Majeed, K. (2016). Characteristic Properties of Nanoclays and Characterization of Nanoparticulates and Nanocomposites. In: Jawaid , M., Qaiss, A., Bouhfid, R. (eds) Nanoclay Reinforced Polymer Composites. Engineering Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1953-1_2

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