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ABSTRACT
Polyamides are thermoplastic polymers mainly used for producing synthetic fibers. Only about 10% of polyamides are used for plastics production. The market is shared roughly equally between polyamide 6 (polycaprolactam) and polyamide 66 {poly (hexamethyleneadipamide)}. More recently, the research on polyamides led to their nanocomposites. These new hybrid polyamides are reinforced with nanofillers able to increase their main properties and also bring some new interesting characteristics. This paper deals with nanocomposites made of various polyamides and nanofillers; they find application in many engineering fields.
Nomenclature
| ABS | = | Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer |
| CB | = | Carbon black |
| CF | = | Carbon fiber |
| CNT | = | Carbon nanotube |
| DMA | = | Dynamic mechanical analysis |
| DSC | = | Differential scanning calorimetry |
| EP | = | Epoxy polymer |
| EP-MMT | = | Epoxy polymer-modified montmorillonite |
| FTIR | = | Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| G | = | Graphene |
| GF | = | Glass fibre |
| GO | = | Graphene oxide |
| HDPE | = | High density polyethylene |
| JHNP | = | Janus hybrid nanoparticles |
| LDPE | = | Low density polyethylene |
| MA | = | Maleic anhydride |
| MA-g-ABS | = | Maleic anhydride grafted ABS |
| MMT | = | Montmorillonite |
| MDSC | = | Modulated differential scanning calorimetry |
| MWCNT | = | Multi walled carbon nanotube |
| NBR | = | Acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber |
| NT | = | Nano natural talc |
| oMMT | = | Organic modified MMT |
| PA | = | Polyamide |
| PE | = | Polyethylene |
| PE-g-MA | = | Maleic anhydride grafted PE |
| PMMA | = | Poly (methyl methacrylate) |
| POSS | = | Molecular filler having a central silica like core surrounded by organic functional groups |
| PP | = | Polypropylene |
| PPE | = | Poly (phenylene ether) |
| PS | = | Polystyrene |
| SEBS | = | Styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene block copolymer |
| SEBS-g-MA | = | Maleic anhydride grafted SEBS |
| SEM | = | Scanning electron microscopy |
| ST | = | Synthetic talc |
| SWCNT | = | Single walled carbon nanotube |
| TEM | = | Transmission electron microscopy |
| TGA | = | Thermo gravimetric analysis |
| TLCP | = | Thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymer |
| XRD | = | X-ray diffraction |