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Controlling on Attraction Forces of Water Droplets on Surfaces of Polypropylene Nanocomposites

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In this work, Sol gel method was used to prepare polypropylene nanocomposites; some different types of the nanoparticles (clay, ZnO, SiO2 and TiO2) and different concentration (1, 5 and 10 wt%) were used to control on the attraction forces of water droplets on surfaces of polypropylene nanocomposites. The prepared polypropylene nanocomposites were characterized by FTIR, SEM, dielectric constant, contact angle, wetting energy, spreading coefficient and work of adhesion measurements. Experimental results deduced that clay and ZnO nanoparticles reduce the dielectric constant of polypropylene, while SiO2 and TiO2 increase this value. It has been reported that the wettability of the prepared nanocomposites is reduced by increasing certain nanoparticles ratio, which indicate the ability of the obtained nanocomposites for packaging and battery cases applications.

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Acknowledgements

The present work was supported by Nanotechnology Research Center at Aswan University that is established by aided the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Egypt, Grant No. Project ID 505, 2009–2011. Water surface tension measurements were done in Electronics and Nano Devices lab, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.

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  1. Nanotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Energy Engineering, Aswan University, Sahari, Aswan, 81528, Egypt

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  2. Electronics and Nano Devices Lab, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, 83523, Egypt

    Khaled Ebnalwaled Abdelfattah Ahmed

  3. Egypt Nanotechnology Center (EGNC), Cairo University Sheikh Zayed Campus, Giza, 12588, Egypt

    Khaled Ebnalwaled Abdelfattah Ahmed

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Mohamed, A.T., Ahmed, K.E.A. Controlling on Attraction Forces of Water Droplets on Surfaces of Polypropylene Nanocomposites. Trans. Electr. Electron. Mater. 19, 387–395 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42341-018-0054-4

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