The degradation of mechanical properties in polymer nano-composites exposed to liquid media - a review

Saharudin, Mohd; Atif, Rasheed; Shyha, Islam; Inam, Fawad

Abstract

The advancement of polymer nano-composites has been motivated by the need for materials with a specific combination of mechanical properties beyond those achieved from only one material. Integration of reinforcement into polymers at nanoscale can provide a significant increase in numerous physical and mechanical properties of polymer nano-composites. However, in applications where contact with chemically reactive liquid media is unavoidable, the mechanical properties of polymer nano-composites suffer degradation and environmental stress cracking (ESC) which is a commonly observed phenomenon. Moderate and severe aggressive liquid can cause ESC while non aggressive liquid are also capable of lowering the mechanical properties of polymer nano-composites by acting as plasticizer. To date, only few studies are reported discussing the ability of nano-fillers to resist ESC in polymer nano-composites when exposed to chemically reactive liquid media. In this review, various factors responsible for ESC in polymer nano-composites and their remedies are studied.

Citation

Saharudin, M., Atif, R., Shyha, I., & Inam, F. (2015). The degradation of mechanical properties in polymer nano-composites exposed to liquid media - a review. RSC Advances, 6(2), 1076-1089. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA22620A

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 11, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Dec 14, 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 11, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 11, 2020
• Journal: RSC Advances
• Electronic ISSN: 2046-2069
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 1076-1089
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA22620A
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2686875
• Related Public URLs: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/25042/