Synthesis and Characteration of Phenolic Resin/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites

Abstract

The phenolic resin/montmorillonite nanocomposites (NCPs) were synthesized by one-step method. Then FTIR and XRD were used to characterize microstructures of samples. The results shows that phenolic has been intercalated between adjacent montmorillonite platelets and d_001 of Montmorillonite platelets increases with phenolic content increasing. The study of the thermal property also shows that phenolic resin/montmorillonite are of better thermal stability with the increase of montmorillonite content.