The deformation and fracture behavior of PP/ash composites with and without maleic anhydride functionalized iPP (MAPP) as coupling agent was investigated, focusing on the effect of ash content and loading conditions. A ...

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are functionalized with itaconic acid (IA) and its derivative, monomethylitaconate (MMI), to prepare CNT/isotactic polypropylene (PP) composites. To promote dispersion and improved ...

Magnetic and conducting polypropylene (PP) polymer nanocomposites with different loadings of synthetic carbon nanotubes (CNT-Fe) were fabricated by in-situ polymerization. Chemical vapor deposition was used as the synthetic ...

Poly(propylene-1-octene)/graphite nanosheet (PPC8/GNS) nanocomposites with different comonomer and graphite nanosheet (GNS) contents were synthesized by in situ polymerization using metallocene catalyst. There was a ...

Spherical silica nanoparticles with 20 and 100 nm diameters and organic-template layered silica nanoparticles synthesized by the sol-gel method were melt blended with a polypropylene (PP) matrix in order to study and ...

Different carbon-based fillers such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphite, and thermally reduced graphene oxide (TrGO) are melt mixed with an isotactic poly(propylene) (iPP) and the mechanical properties of the resulting ...

Polypropylene (pp) was functionalized in the melt phase by grafting with itaconic acid derivatives. 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-bis(tert-buthyl-peroxy) hexane (lupersol 101) was used as radical initiator. A Brabender Plasticorder was ...

Treated sisal fibers were used as reinforcement of polypropylene (PP) composites, with maleic anhydride-grafted PP (MAPP) as coupling agent. The composites were made by melting processing of PP with the fiber in a heated ...