Mesua ferreaL. Seed Oil Based Highly Branched Environment Friendly Polyester Resin/Clay Nanocomposites
(90-99) Journal of Polymers and the Environment 19 #1 (2011)
Konwar and Karak of Tezpur University, India, prepared highly branched polyester/clay nanocomposites from Mesua ferrea Linn seed oil-based polyester resin and hydrophilic bentonite nanoclay.  Partial exfoliation of clay layers by the polymer chains with good interfacial interactions was observed in the nanocomposites.  The results show enhancement of three times in tensile strength and 18 °C in thermostability by inclusion of 5 wt% nanoclay as compared to the pristine polymer. By the influence of 5 wt% nanoclay four times enhancement in elongation at break as compared to the pristine polymer was noticed.   (RDC 4/22/2011)