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Advance in Nanoplastics Made by Intercalation Compounding Method
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This paper reviews intercalation compounding methods for manufacturing polymer-clay nanocomposites (nanoplastics), noting their improved mechanical, thermal, and barrier properties compared to conventional plastics — relevant context for understanding how nanoplastics are engineered and potentially released into the environment.
Nanoplastics are of a novel type of advance composites,which have been studied for about 10 years. Intercalation compounding method is a major method of manufacturing nanoplastics, its process is simple. The nanoplastics have unique structures, morphology as well as mechanical, thermal and gas/liquid barrier properties than their conventional counterparts. They are abroad applied to automobile part, electronic and electrical part, high performance pipe, packaging material, and so on.
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