Improving the Thermal Behavior and Flame-Retardant Properties of Poly(o-anisidine)/MMT Nanocomposites Incorporated with Poly(o-anisidine) and Clay Nanofiller

Mirza Nadeem Ahmad; Sohail Nadeem; Mohsin Javed; Shahid Iqbal; Sadaf Ul Hassan; Samar O Aljazzar; Eslam B Elkaeed; Rami Adel Pashameah; Eman Alzahrani; Abd-ElAziem Farouk; Mohammed T Alotaibi; Hisham S M Abd-Rabboh

doi:10.3390/molecules27175477

Improving the Thermal Behavior and Flame-Retardant Properties of Poly(o-anisidine)/MMT Nanocomposites Incorporated with Poly(o-anisidine) and Clay Nanofiller

Molecules. 2022 Aug 26;27(17):5477. doi: 10.3390/molecules27175477.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan.
² Department of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Management and Technology, Lahore 54770, Pakistan.
³ Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences (SNS), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), H-12, Islamabad 46000, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh 13713, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 24230, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.
⁸ Department of Biotechnology College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.
⁹ Department of Chemistry, Turabah University College, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁰ Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P. O Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia.
¹¹ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt.

Abstract

The synthesis of MMT and poly(o-anisidine) (MMT/POA) clay nanocomposites was carried out by using the chemical oxidative polymerization of POA and MMT clay with POA, respectively. By maintaining the constant concentration of POA, different percentage loads of MMT clay were used to determine the effect of MMT clay on the properties of POA. The interaction between POA and MMT clay was investigated by FTIR spectroscopy, and, to reveal the complete compactness and homogeneous distribution of MMT clay in POA, were assessed by using scanning-electron-microscope (SEM) analysis. The UV-visible spectrum was studied for the optical and absorbance properties of MMT/POA ceramic nanocomposites. Furthermore, the horizontal burning test (HBT) demonstrated that clay nanofillers inhibit POA combustion.

Keywords: (poly)ortho-anisidine; HBT; MMT (montmorillonite) clay; nanocomposites; nanofiller.

MeSH terms

Aniline Compounds
Bentonite / chemistry
Clay
Flame Retardants*
Nanocomposites* / chemistry

Substances

2-anisidine
Aniline Compounds
Bentonite
Clay
Flame Retardants

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MeSH terms

Substances

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