Thermally-cured and e-beam-cured epoxy layered-Silicate nanocomposites

Research on nanocomposites attracted a lot of attention because of their unique nanostructure and interesting properties. Layered-Silicate epoxy nanocomposites cured by traditional thermal cure processing were prepared, and the morphology was confirmed by the wide-angle x-ray diffraction, small-angle x-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy. Layered-Silicate epoxy nanocomposites could also be cured through e-beam curing. The small-angle x-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy indicated that the e-beam-cured nanocomposites showed intercalated nanostructure. Dynamic mechanical analysis showed some improvement of the Storage modulus for the nanocomposites with high Tg.