PMID- 34685114
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20211026
IS  - 2079-4991 (Print)
IS  - 2079-4991 (Electronic)
IS  - 2079-4991 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 10
DP  - 2021 Oct 11
TI  - Composite Films of HDPE with SiO(2) and ZrO(2) Nanoparticles: The Structure and 
      Interfacial Effects.
LID - 10.3390/nano11102673 [doi]
LID - 2673
AB  - Herein, we investigated the influence of two types of nanoparticle fillers, i.e., 
      amorphous SiO(2) and crystalline ZrO(2), on the structural properties of their 
      nanocomposites with high-density polyethylene (HDPE). The composite films were 
      prepared by melt-blending with a filler content that varied from 1% to 20% v/v. 
      The composites were characterized by small- and wide-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS 
      and WAXS), small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), Raman spectroscopy, 
      differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). 
      For both fillers, the nanoaggregates were evenly distributed in the polymer 
      matrix and their initial state in the powders determined their surface roughness 
      and fractal character. In the case of the nano-ZrO(2) filler, the lamellar 
      thickness and crystallinity degree remain unchanged over a broad range of filler 
      concentrations. SANS and SEM investigation showed poor interfacial adhesion and 
      the presence of voids in the interfacial region. Temperature-programmed SANS 
      investigations showed that at elevated temperatures, these voids become filled 
      due to the flipping motions of polymer chains. The effect was accompanied by a 
      partial aggregation of the filler. For nano-SiO(2) filler, the lamellar thickness 
      and the degree of crystallinity increased with increasing the filler loading. 
      SAXS measurements show that the ordering of the lamellae is disrupted even at a 
      filler content of only a few percent. SEM images confirmed good interfacial 
      adhesion and integrity of the SiO(2)/HDPE composite. This markedly different 
      impact of both fillers on the composite structure is discussed in terms of 
      nanoparticle surface properties and their affinity to the HDPE matrix.
FAU - Nabiyev, Asif A
AU  - Nabiyev AA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7633-5075
AD  - ANAS Institute of Radiation Problems, Baku AZ1143, Azerbaijan.
AD  - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
FAU - Olejniczak, Andrzej
AU  - Olejniczak A
AD  - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
AD  - Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Torun, Poland.
FAU - Islamov, Akhmed Kh
AU  - Islamov AK
AD  - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
FAU - Pawlukojc, Andrzej
AU  - Pawlukojc A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4311-9904
AD  - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
AD  - Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland.
FAU - Ivankov, Oleksandr I
AU  - Ivankov OI
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7775-0008
AD  - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
AD  - Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants NAS of Ukraine, 07270 Kiev, 
      Ukraine.
AD  - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia.
FAU - Balasoiu, Maria
AU  - Balasoiu M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0900-2654
AD  - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
AD  - Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, P.O. Box 
      MG-6, RO-077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania.
FAU - Zhigunov, Alexander
AU  - Zhigunov A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3952-7371
AD  - Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-162 06 
      Praha, Czech Republic.
FAU - Nuriyev, Musa A
AU  - Nuriyev MA
AD  - ANAS Institute of Radiation Problems, Baku AZ1143, Azerbaijan.
FAU - Guliyev, Fovzi M
AU  - Guliyev FM
AD  - Faculty of Civil Engineering, Azerbaijan University of Architecture and 
      Construction, Baku AZ1073, Azerbaijan.
FAU - Soloviov, Dmytro V
AU  - Soloviov DV
AD  - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
AD  - Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants NAS of Ukraine, 07270 Kiev, 
      Ukraine.
AD  - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia.
FAU - Azhibekov, Aidos K
AU  - Azhibekov AK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6388-987X
AD  - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
AD  - Institute of Natural Science, Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Kyzylorda 120001, 
      Kazakhstan.
AD  - The Institute of Nuclear Physics, Ministry of Energy, Almaty 050032, Kazakhstan.
FAU - Doroshkevich, Alexander S
AU  - Doroshkevich AS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6510-8683
AD  - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
AD  - Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering Named after O.O. Galkin NAS of 
      Ukraine, 03028 Kiev, Ukraine.
FAU - Ivanshina, Olga Yu
AU  - Ivanshina OY
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8551-5246
AD  - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
FAU - Kuklin, Alexander I
AU  - Kuklin AI
AD  - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
AD  - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia.
LA  - eng
GR  - 871284/Project H2020/MSCA/RISE/SSHARE/
GR  - numero sign 268/2020 item 48/Romania-JINR Projects/
GR  - numero sign 366/2021 item 49/Romania-JINR Projects/
GR  - numero sign 268/2020 item 59/Romania-JINR Projects/
GR  - 19-52-44003\19/RF Ministry of Education and Science/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211011
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Nanomaterials (Basel)
JT  - Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101610216
PMC - PMC8539266
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - SANS
OT  - SAXS
OT  - fractal
OT  - interface
OT  - lamellar thickness
OT  - polymer-matrix nanocomposite
COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or 
      personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this 
      paper.
EDAT- 2021/10/24 06:00
MHDA- 2021/10/24 06:01
PMCR- 2021/10/11
CRDT- 2021/10/23 01:20
PHST- 2021/08/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/09/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/09/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/10/23 01:20 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/10/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/10/24 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/10/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - nano11102673 [pii]
AID - nanomaterials-11-02673 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/nano11102673 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nanomaterials (Basel). 2021 Oct 11;11(10):2673. doi: 10.3390/nano11102673.