PMID- 27591683 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20180109 LR - 20180109 IS - 1873-3336 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3894 (Linking) VI - 320 DP - 2016 Dec 15 TI - In situ loading ultra-small Cu(2)O nanoparticles on 2D hierarchical TiO(2)-graphene oxide dual-nanosheets: Towards reducing fire hazards of unsaturated polyester resin. PG - 504-512 LID - S0304-3894(16)30790-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.08.066 [doi] AB - Fire hazards have seriously hindered the commercial application of unsaturated polyester resin (UPR), and polymer inorganic nanosheet nanocomposites hold great promise in improving their flame-retardant properties. Herein, the hierarchical structured Cu(2)OTiO(2)GO nanosheets were synthesized and characterized by XRD, Raman, TEM and XPS. Then Cu(2)OTiO(2)GO nanosheets were incorporated into UPR matrix to obtain flame-retardant UPR nanocomposite. Incorporation of 2wt% Cu(2)OTiO(2)GO nanosheets into UPR matrix resulted in an obvious reduction in PHRR and THR by 29.7 and 19.1%. TG-IR-MS results revealed that toxic pyrolysis gas such as benzene, CO and aromatic compounds greatly were decreased. In addition, RIIR spectra demonstrated the limited influence of Cu(2)OTiO(2)GO nanosheets on thermal degradation of UPR matrix, and SEM images of char residues showed that Cu(2)OTiO(2)GO nanosheets could improve their compactness. Based on the analysis of gaseous and condensed phase, a plausible flame-retardant mechanism was hypothesized to elaborate how Cu(2)OTiO(2)GO nanosheets work inside the flaming UPR nanocomposite. This innovative idea may be expanded to other polymer system and open a new door to develop polymeric nanocomposites with high performance. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, Dong AU - Wang D AD - State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, PR China. FAU - Kan, Yongchun AU - Kan Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, PR China. FAU - Yu, Xiaojuan AU - Yu X AD - State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, PR China. FAU - Liu, Jiajia AU - Liu J AD - State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, PR China; USTC⿿CityU Joint Advanced Research Center, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Urban Public Safety, Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, PR China. FAU - Song, Lei AU - Song L AD - State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, PR China. Electronic address: leisong@ustc.edu.cn. FAU - Hu, Yuan AU - Hu Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, PR China; USTC⿿CityU Joint Advanced Research Center, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Urban Public Safety, Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, PR China. Electronic address: yuanhu@ustc.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160829 PL - Netherlands TA - J Hazard Mater JT - Journal of hazardous materials JID - 9422688 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cuprous oxide OT - Fire hazards OT - Graphene oxide OT - Titanium dioxide OT - Unsaturated polyester resin EDAT- 2016/09/04 06:00 MHDA- 2016/09/04 06:01 CRDT- 2016/09/04 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/08/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/08/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/09/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/09/04 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/09/04 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0304-3894(16)30790-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.08.066 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Hazard Mater. 2016 Dec 15;320:504-512. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.08.066. Epub 2016 Aug 29.