posted on 2024-10-31, 09:24authored bySteven Spoljaric, Antonietta Genovese, Greg Qiao, Robert ShanksRobert Shanks
Polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate )-silica nanocomposites were prepared and analysed using differential scanning calorimetry, in order to determine the influence of nano-particulates on relaxation and thermal properties. Annealing was performed before the onset of glass transition for logarithmically spaced intervals of time (1, 10, 100 h) in order to observe the effect of physical ageing on thermal relaxation.