WANG Xiaolong, JI Quan, KONG Qingshan, et al. Poly(ethylene terephthalate)/SiO2 nanocomposites prepared by sol-gel method and their TG & DSC analysis[J]. CIESC Journal, 2007, (11): 2926-2931.
WANG Xiaolong, JI Quan, KONG Qingshan, et al. Poly(ethylene terephthalate)/SiO2 nanocomposites prepared by sol-gel method and their TG & DSC analysis[J]. CIESC Journal, 2007, (11): 2926-2931.DOI:
Poly(ethylene terephthalate)(PET)/SiO2 nanocomposites were synthesized via the sol-gel method that involved two steps: terephthalic acid first reacted with excess ethylene glycol to form bis(hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET); tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) was added into the BHET
and the sol-gel reactions proceeded at a high temperature to form the silica nanonetwork concurrent with polycondensation of BHET to produce the PET matrix.Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that the sizes of silica particles were at nanoscale
and the nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed in the polymer matrix.Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) results indicated that the activation energy of thermal degradation of the composites was largely increased.The nonisothermal crystallization ability of the composites was found to decrease according to differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).