• Fibers and Polymers
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2004

The development of high tenacity, high modulus monofilaments from Polypropylene/Clay nanocomposite has been investigated. Pure sodium montmorillonite nanoclay was modified using hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (HTAB) via an ion exchange reaction. Pure and modified clay were characterized through X-ray diffraction, FTIR and TGA. The modified clay was melt blended with polypropylene (PP) in presence of a swelling agent. Composite filaments from PP/Clay nanocomposite were prepared at different weight percentages of nanoclay and the spinning and drawing conditions were optimized. The filaments were characterized for their mechanical, morphological and thermal properties. The composite PP filaments with modified clay showed improved tensile strength, modulus and reduced elongation at break. The composite filaments with unmodified clay did not show any improvement in tensile strength but the modulus improved. The sharp and narrow X-ray diffraction peaks of PP/nanoclay composite filaments indicate increase in crystallinity in presence of modified clay at small loadings (0.5 %). The improved thermal stability was observed in filaments with modified as well as unmodified clays.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.82-87
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• 1997

Modified polypropylene was made of melt blending using thermostable-filler and polypropylene polymers. Modified PP were characterized for the purpose of improving a thermal-property of PP polymer with the composition of 5wt %, 10wt % of thermostable-filler. The structure and thermal-property were determined from IR, DSC, TGA, and SEM instruments. From the results of this study, it found the following facts. Firstly, it was found that the modified PP was mixed with PP and thermostable-filler qualitativly. Secondaty, thermal property of modified PP was improved steadily according to increase of ratio of thermostable-filler.

• 한국유변학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국유변학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.119-122
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• 2003

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• Computers and Concrete
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.527-546
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• 2014

Portland cement concrete, which has higher strength and stiffness than asphalt concrete, has been widely applied on pavements. However, the brittle fracture characteristic of cement concrete restricts its application in highway pavement construction. Since the polypropylene fiber can improve the fracture toughness of cement concrete, Polypropylene Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (PFRC) is attracting more and more attention in civil engineering. In order to study the effect of polypropylene fiber on the generation and evolution process of the local deformation band in concrete, a series of three-point bending tests were performed using the new technology of the digital speckle correlation method for FRC notched beams with different volumetric contents of polypropylene fiber. The modified Double-K model was utilized for the first time to calculate the stress intensity factors of instability and crack initiation of fiber-reinforced concrete beams. The results indicate that the polypropylene fiber can enhance the fracture toughness. Based on the modified Double-K fracture theory, the maximum fracture energy of concrete with 3.2% fiber (in volume) is 47 times higher than the plain concrete. No effort of fiber content on the strength of the concrete was found. Meanwhile to balance the strength and resistant fracture toughness, concrete with 1.6% fiber is recommended to be applied in pavement construction.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2005년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.137-140
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• 2005

Exfoliated nanocomposites of polypropylene/layered silicate were prepared by a melt compounding process using maleic anhydride modified polypropylene (PP-g-MAH) and organoclay. It was found that polypropylene/layered silicate nanocomposites exhibited remarkable reinforcement compared with the pure polypropylene or conventional composite filled with agglomerated organoclay. The polypropylene /layered silicate nanocomposites showed stronger and earlier shear thinning behaviors and outstanding strain hardening behavior than pure polypropylene or other conventional composites in shear and uniaxial elongational flows, respectively. We simulated rheological modeling for the pure polymer matrix and polypropylene/layered silicate nanocomposite in shear and elongational flows using K-BKZ integral constitutive equation. The two types of K-BKZequations have been examined to describe experimental results of shear and uniaxial elongational viscosities of pure polypropylene and polypropylene/layered silicate nanocomposite.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.182-187
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• 2019

To improve the mechanical properties of glass-fiber-reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites through interfacial adhesion control between the PP matrix and glass fiber, the surface of the glass fiber was modified with PP-graft-maleic anhydride (MAPP). Surface modification of the glass fiber was carried out through the well-known hydrolysis-condensation reaction using 3-aminopropyltriethoxy silane, and then subsequently treated with MAPP to produce the desired MAPP-anchored glass fiber (MAPP-a-GF). The glass-fiber-reinforced PP composites were prepared by typical melt-mixing technique. The effect of chemical modification of the glass fiber surface on the mechanical properties of composites was investigated. The resulting mechanical and morphological properties showed improved interfacial adhesion between the MAPP-a-GF and PP matrix in the composites.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.235-240
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• 2002

친수성 표면을 만들기 위하여 산소분위기에서 1 keV의 에너지를 갖는 아르곤 이온빔을 폴리프로필렌 담체의 표면에 조사하였다. 삼차 증류수에 대한 접촉각은 개질 전의 $78^{\circ}$에서 최적의 조건에서 $22^{\circ}$까지 감소하였다. 이온 보조 반응 후의 친수성 증가는 ether, carbonyl, carboxyl 등의 새로 형성된 작용기에 의한 것이며 극성 용매에 대한 안정성이 우수하므로 활성화된 표면이 폐수 내에서도 안정하다. 활성화된 폴리프로필렌 담체를 합성폐수내의 유기물을 제거하기 위한 bio-film공정에 적용하였다. 이온 보조 반응법으로 친수성 표면으로 개질된 PP 담체는 극성 용매내에서 극성작용기가 유지되었으므로 안정된 표면 특성을 이용하여 박테리아 부착의 생물막 공정에 대한 연구를 수행하여 미생물의 부착은 표면의 염기성 극성작용기에 의하여 증진됨을 확인하였다. 합성폐수에 대한 처리 효율은 30%까지 증가 하였으며 장시간에 걸친 COD 농도 감소 효과를 나타내었으므로 이온 보조 반응법에 의하여 처리된 PP고분자를 수질 개선용의 담체로 사용하여 처리효율을 증가시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.133-142
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 열화 콘크리트 구조물의 보수 시 현재 범용적으로 사용하고 있는 폴리머 시멘트 모르타르의 내화성능을 확보하기 위한 최적 배합을 도출하고자 폴리머 혼입량(2, 4, 6, 8%)에 따른 PP섬유의 길이(6, 12mm) 및 PP섬유 혼입량(0.05, 0.1Vol%)에 따른 섬유혼입 폴리머 시멘트 모르타르의 내화성능을 평가하였다. 실험결과 함수율 및 폴리머 혼입률이 높을수록 폭렬발생 가능성이 증가하며, PP섬유의 길이가 길고 혼입률이 증가할수록 폭렬저감에 효과적인 것으로 나타났다.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.665-670
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• 2005

Nanocomposites of polypropylene with organically modified clays were compounded on a twin-screw extruder by two-step melt compounding of three components, i.e., polypropylene, maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (PP-g-MA), and organically modified clay. The effect of PP-g-MA compatibilizers, including PH-200, Epolene-43, Polybond-3002, Polybond-3200, with a wide range of maleic anhydride (MA) content and molecular weight was examined. Morphologies of nanocomposites and their mechanical properties such as stiffness, strength, and impact resistance were investigated. X-ray diffraction patterns showed that the dispersion morphology of clay particles seemed to be determined in the first compounding step and the further dispersion of clays didn't occur in the second compounding step. As the ratio of PP-g-MA to clay increased, the clay particles were dispersed more uniformly in the matrix resin. As the dispersibility of clays was enhanced, the reinforcement effect of the clays increased, however impact resistance decreased.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.367-371
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 극성 monomer인 HEMA와 GMA를 이용하여 PP를 개질한 상용화제를 제조하였고, 이를 이용하여 용융컴파운딩 방법에 의해 PP계 나노복합재료를 제조하였다. 제조한 나노복합재료는 comonomer 도입 유무에 따른 상용화제 효과를 관찰하고자 XRD를 이용하여 분산성을 확인하였고, UTM등을 통하여 기계적 성질을 측정하였다. XRD 분석 결과, comonomer가 도입된 상용화제를 이용하여 제조된 나노복합재료는 Clay의 층간삽입이 개선되어 분산성이 향상됨을 볼 수 있었다. 또한, 기계적 성질 평가 결과 GMA monomer로 개질된 상용화제를 사용하여 제조한 나노복합재료가 굴곡탄성률과 충격강도 측면에서 더 향상된 견과를 보여주었다 Comonomer를 도입하여 제조한 나노복합재료는 comonomer를 도입하지 않은 나노복합재료에 비해서 그라프팅 수율이 향상되었고, 반면에 용융지수가 감소되는 경향을 보였다. 본 연구에서 제조한 comonomer가 도입된 나노복합재료는 monomer와 comonomer의 비율이 1:1인 경우에 가장 향상된 기계적 성질과 분산성을 보임을 확인 할 수 있었다.