%0 Journal Article
%T Preparation Characterization and Thermal Behaviour of Carbopol-TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanocomposites
%A Samia Chalal
%A Nabila Haddadine
%A Naima Bouslah
%A Sihem Souilah
%A Ahmed Benaboura
%A Regis Barille
%A A. Haroun
%J Open Journal of Organic Polymer Materials
%P 55-64
%@ 2164-5752
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojopm.2014.43008
%X <div style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	<span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:'} ';\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">Composites consisting of carbopol (CP) and ceramic titanium dioxide
nanoparticles, TiO</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\"> have been investigated. The CP-TiO</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">,
organic-inorganic hybrid composites have been</span></span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> prepared in DMF by heating the mixture </span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">with a constant rate of 1<sup>。</sup>C/min, up to 30<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;text-align:justify;white-space:normal;\"><sup>。</sup></span>C, 45<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;text-align:justify;white-space:normal;\"><sup>。</sup></span>C,
60<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;text-align:justify;white-space:normal;\"><sup>。</sup></span>C, 80<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;text-align:justify;white-space:normal;\"><sup>。</sup></span>C, 100<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;text-align:justify;white-space:normal;\"><sup>。</sup></span>C and 120<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;text-align:justify;white-space:normal;\"><sup>。</sup></span>C. </span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">Proprieties such as absorption, structure and external aspect of the
obtained </span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">materials were investigated</span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> by Uv-vis, FTIR, DRX and SEM analyses. </span><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:'} ';\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">The X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed that
the TiO</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\"> nanoparticles maintained their original tetragonal anatase-type
crystalline structure in the composites. The chemical structure of the</span><sub> </sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">obtained
materials was determined by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. The influence of TiO</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\"> nanoparticles on the thermal proprieties of carbopol matrix was investigated
using thermo-gravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. The
glass transition temperature
%K Carbopol
%K TiO&lt
%K sub&gt
%K 2&lt
%K /sub&gt
%K -Fellers
%K Nanocomposite
%K Thermal Proprieties
%K FT-IR Spectroscopy
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48630