Output details
13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
Sheffield Hallam University
Article title
FTIR-ATR studies of the sorption and diffusion of acetone:water mixtures in poly(vinyl alcohol)-clay nanocomposites
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Polymer
Article number
-
Volume number
53
Issue number
20
First page of article
4420
ISSN of journal
00323861
Year of publication
2012
Number of additional authors
7
Additional information
This paper is the first ever study of the movement of mixed liquid solvents (acetone-water) through a water-soluble polymer + clay nanocomposite film. It proves that the movement of acetone cannot take place in the absence of water and that acetone moves through the film as a hydrated molecule. It also supports the hypothesis (Hodge et al., Polymer 1996;37:1371) that dissolving crystalline regions form an ordered state intermediate between the planar zig-zag found within the crystallites and a completely amorphous arrangement. The work was funded by a MERI bursary to LM Doppers.
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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