Chen W, Qu BJ, Feng L (2003) Synthesis of PMA/ZnAl-LDH intercalation nanocomposite by in situ polymerization and its morphology. Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities-Chinese 24(10), 1920-1922. [In Chinese]

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layered double hydroxide, polymer/inorganic intercalation nanocomposite, material, morphology, layered double hydroxide,

Abstract: A poly (methyl acrylate) (PMA)/ZnAl layered double hydroxide (ZnAl-LDH) intercalation nanocomposite is synthesized by in situ polymerization of methyl acrylate with ogano-modified ZnAl-LDH (O-ZnAl-LDH). Its structure and morphology are confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image. The d(001) of O-ZnAl-LDH is expanded to 2.85 nm after polymerization from 2.63 nm, which indicates the intercalation of PMA chains into the galleries of O-ZnAl-LDH. The (001) diffraction of PMA/ZnAl-LDH nanocomposite is broad due to the exfoliation of some O-ZnAl-LDH layers. The TEM image shows that the most of the layers of O-ZnAl-LDH are stacked with a distance of about 3 nm while some of them are exfoliated and dispersed disorderly in the PMA matrix.