David D. Jiang

TL;DR: In this paper, the degradation pathway of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers and their nanocomposites is investigated using TGA/FT-IR, TGA, GC-MS, cone calorimetry and UV techniques.

TL;DR: In this article, the thermal degradation of poly(vinyl sulfonic acid) and its sodium salt, poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid), poly(polyvinylphosphonic acid, polyvinyl polysilicon) and their sodium salt was studied by a combination of techniques, including TGA/FTIR, to identify the volatile products which were evolved during the degradation as well as analysis of the residues which were obtained in order to propose a mechanism for the degradation.

TL;DR: Two new organically modified clays that contain an oligomeric styrene or methacrylate have been prepared and used to produce nanocomposites of poly(methyl methcryate), polypropylene and polyethylene as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the cone calorimeter to investigate the fire properties of these nanocomposites and showed a great reduction in peak heat release rate (PHRR) in the presence of phosphate and slight improvements in average mass loss rate (AMLR) while thermogravimetric analysis showed improvement in char yield.

TL;DR: In this article, an oligomerically modified clay was made using a surfactant which is the ammonium salt of an oligomers, and the newly modified clay contained 37.5% inorganic clay and 62.5 percent oligomer.