Description
Nanomaterials are increasingly used in polymer composites to enhance the properties of these materials. Data are presented from a study of sunlight-induced weathering on potential release of nanosilica from a composite with low-density polyethylene (LDPE). Weathering of the composites was determined by quantifying changes in infrared spectroscopic properties (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy / FTIR); mechanical properties, atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy and other procedures.
This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Zepp, R., B. Acrey, M. Davis, A. Andrady, J. Locklin, R. Arnold, O. Okungbowa, and A. Commodore. Weathering Effects on Degradation of Low-Density Polyethylene-Nanosilica Composite with Added Pro-oxidant. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. Springer Nature, New York, NY, USA, 31: 4184–4192, (2023).
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFM changes.docx | Doc | AFM%20changes.docx | Open resource |
| Description of Dataset files LDPE-nanoSi.docx | Doc | Description%20of%20Dataset%20files%20LDPE-nanoSi.docx | Open resource |
| Irradiance with cutoffs.xlsx | XLS | Irradiance%20with%20cutoffs.xlsx | Open resource |
| mechanical property changes.docx | Doc | mechanical%20property%20changes.docx | Open resource |
| rate contants mechanical change.docx | Doc | rate%20contants%20mechanical%20change.docx | Open resource |
| SCID_B-0zpk_FIGURE LEGENDS with supplemental figures.docx | Doc | SCID_B-0zpk_FIGURE%20LEGENDS%20with%20supplemental%20figures.docx | Open resource |
| Wavelength effects on FTIR carbonyl increase.docx | Doc | Wavelength%20effects%20on%20FTIR%20carbonyl%20increase.docx | Open resource |