Fabrication of Nanofillers into a Granular “Nanosupport” for Ziegler-Natta Catalysts: Towards Scalable in situ Preparation of Polyolefin Nanocomposites
✍ Scribed by Yawei Qin; Ning Wang; Yong Zhou; Yingjuan Huang; Hui Niu; Jin-Yong Dong
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 641 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1336
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
This communication reports a strategy for scale‐up of an in situ polymerization technique for polyolefin‐based nanocomposites preparation, taking layered silicate (clay) and multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as examples of nanofillers. The strategy is realized by transforming the nanofillers into granular “nanosupports” for Ziegler‐Natta catalysts. With a catalyst to polymer replication effect on particle morphology, the in situ prepared nanocomposites are of controlled granular particle morphology. With the polymer particle morphology controlled, the in situ polymerization technique becomes suitable for industrial olefin polymerization processes for mass production of polyolefin nanocomposites.
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