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Ultrasound-promoted preparation of cellulose acetate/organophilic clay bio-nanocomposites films by solvent casting method

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Herein, we report the preparation of nanocomposites based on cellulose acetate (CA) and an organo-modified nanoclay, through a solvent blending method promoted by an ultrasound irradiation. The raw clay was modified by cation exchange (using sodium chloride then cetyltrimethylammonium bromide CTAB) aided by ultrasound, to expand the interlamellar spacing and facilitate the intercalation of the polymer. To improve the structural and thermal properties of the CA, several ratios of the organophilic clay (3%, 5%, 7% and 10%) were dispersed in the polymer matrix. The structural, morphological and thermal properties of nanocomposites were investigated by different analytical techniques such as X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning and transmission electronic microscopy (SEM and TEM). A successful intercalation of the CA in the nanoclay galleries was obtained for all the samples, in a short reaction time (1 h). Consequently, a substantial increase, of up to 50 °C in the thermal stability of the CA was obtained, when dispersing 7% of the organophilic clay.

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The authors would like to thank the DGSRDT-MESRS (Algeria) for the financial support of this work.

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  1. Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-Chimiques (CRAPC), Siège ex-Pasna Zone Industrielle, BP 10 384, CP 42004, Bou-Ismail, Tipaza, Algeria

    Zakaria Cherifi, Hodhaifa Derdar, Fatima Zohra Zeggai, Redouane Chebout & Khaldoun Bachari

  2. Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères. Département de Chimie. Faculté des Sciences Exactes et Appliquées, Université Oran1 Ahmed Ben Bella, El-Mnaouer, BP 1524, 31000, Oran, Algeria

    Zakaria Cherifi, Aniss Zaoui, Hodhaifa Derdar, Otmane Zinelabidine El Abed, Fatima Zohra Zeggai & Rachid Meghabar

  3. Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux L.C.M, Université Oran1 Ahmed Ben Bella, El-Mnaouer, BP 1524, 31000, Oran, Algeria

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Cherifi, Z., Zaoui, A., Boukoussa, B. et al. Ultrasound-promoted preparation of cellulose acetate/organophilic clay bio-nanocomposites films by solvent casting method. Polym. Bull. 80, 1831–1843 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-022-04129-x

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