Adv Polym Sci (2013) 258: 311–340
DOI: 10.1007/12_2013_228
# Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Published online: 12 June 2013
Polyolefin/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites
Prepared by In Situ Polymerization
Naresh H. Tarte, Liqiang Cui, and SeongIhl Woo
Abstract This chapter briefely overviews the polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites, including the structure and properties of the layered silicates and their
modifications. It also addresses the developments in synthesizing polyolefin/clay
nanocomposites by olefin polymerization under catalysis of clay intercalated
precatalysts. It mainly focuses on the synthetic routes, structural characterization,
and properties of polyolefin/clay nanocomposites.
Keywords Coordination catalyst Á In situ polymerization Á Montmorillonite Á
Nanocomposite characterization Á Polyolefin/clay nanocomposites Á Preparation
methods
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
2 Structure and Properties of Layered Silicates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
3 Clay Surface Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
3.1 Organic Modification of the Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
3.2 Thermal Treatment of the Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
3.3 Treatment of Clay with Alkylaluminum Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
4 Nanocomposite Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
N.H. Tarte
Department of Chemistry and Biology, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, 105-47 Baekyang
gwanmoon-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-822, Republic of Korea
L. Cui
College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and
Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China
S. Woo (*)
Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, and Energy Science and
Engineering, Graduate School of EEWS, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology, 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
e-mail: siwoo@kaist.ac.kr
DOI: 10.1007/12_2013_228
# Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Published online: 12 June 2013
Polyolefin/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites
Prepared by In Situ Polymerization
Naresh H. Tarte, Liqiang Cui, and SeongIhl Woo
Abstract This chapter briefely overviews the polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites, including the structure and properties of the layered silicates and their
modifications. It also addresses the developments in synthesizing polyolefin/clay
nanocomposites by olefin polymerization under catalysis of clay intercalated
precatalysts. It mainly focuses on the synthetic routes, structural characterization,
and properties of polyolefin/clay nanocomposites.
Keywords Coordination catalyst Á In situ polymerization Á Montmorillonite Á
Nanocomposite characterization Á Polyolefin/clay nanocomposites Á Preparation
methods
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
2 Structure and Properties of Layered Silicates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
3 Clay Surface Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
3.1 Organic Modification of the Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
3.2 Thermal Treatment of the Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
3.3 Treatment of Clay with Alkylaluminum Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
4 Nanocomposite Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
N.H. Tarte
Department of Chemistry and Biology, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, 105-47 Baekyang
gwanmoon-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-822, Republic of Korea
L. Cui
College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and
Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China
S. Woo (*)
Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, and Energy Science and
Engineering, Graduate School of EEWS, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology, 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
e-mail: siwoo@kaist.ac.kr