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Fabrication of Nanostructured Kaolinite Doped Composite Films from Silicone Rubber with Enhanced Properties

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dc.contributor Chemistry
dc.creator Zakaria, Abdullah Muhammad
dc.creator Dey, Shaikat Chandra
dc.creator Rahman, Muhammad Mominur
dc.creator Sarker, Mithun
dc.creator Ashaduzzaman, Md.
dc.creator Shamsuddin, Sayed Md.
dc.date 2019-05-17T14:44:11Z
dc.date 2019-05-17T14:44:11Z
dc.date 2019-05-12
dc.date 2019-05-16T20:03:50Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:54:12Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:54:12Z
dc.identifier Zakaria, A.M.; Dey, S.C.; Rahman, M.M.; Sarker, M.; Ashaduzzaman, M.; Shamsuddin, S.M. Fabrication of Nanostructured Kaolinite Doped Composite Films from Silicone Rubber with Enhanced Properties. J. Compos. Sci. 2019, 3, 50.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89555
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs3020050
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/281803
dc.description Naturally occurring nanomaterials are finding growing interests in tailoring properties of engineering polymers for advanced applications. The objective of this study was to develop environment-friendly nanocomposite films by reinforcing kaolinite nanofillers (1&ndash;10 wt%) in silicone rubber (SR) matrix using a simple solvent casting technique. Kaolinite-reinforced films showed substantial improvement in mechanical (tensile strength, Young&rsquo;s modulus, and elongation at break) and thermal properties at very low filler loading (5 wt%). The improvement of solvent resistance nature of the fabricated films was another critical aspect of this study. Unfilled SR film showed ~19% weight loss when immersed in toluene for 4 h at 25 &deg;C, whereas only ~4% weight loss was recorded in the case of 5% (<i>w</i>/<i>w</i>) kaolinite loaded film. Therefore, kaolinite has the potential to bring significant improvement in the properties of SR. This study indicates that there is plenty of room at the bottom for proper utilization of the potential of kaolinite for developing SR-based composite materials for potential applications in many industries, such as textile, household cleaning, construction, electronics, automotive, medical, etc.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject nanomaterials
dc.subject nanocomposite
dc.subject reinforcing
dc.subject kaolinite
dc.subject silicone rubber
dc.subject solvent casting
dc.title Fabrication of Nanostructured Kaolinite Doped Composite Films from Silicone Rubber with Enhanced Properties
dc.title Journal of Composites Science
dc.type Article - Refereed
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