23 Result(s)

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Variously substituted phenyl hepta cyclopentyl-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (ph,hcp-POSS)/polystyrene (PS) nanocomposites

A comparative study concerning the thermal stability of polystyrene (PS) and six POSS/PS nanocomposites of general formula R₇R′(SiO_1.5)₈/PS (where R = cyclopentyl and R′ = phenyl, 4-methoxyphenyl, 4-tolyl, 3,5-xi...

Ignazio Blanco, Lorenzo Abate… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2013)

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Synthesis and thermal properties of new dumbbell-shaped isobutyl-substituted POSSs linked by aliphatic bridges

Five new dumbbell-shaped polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSSs), in which two identical silicon cages are linked to various length aliphatic bridges, were prepared by corner cap** reaction between hep...

Ignazio Blanco, Lorenzo Abate… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2014)

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End-life prediction of commercial PLA used for food packaging through short term TGA experiments: Real chance or low reliability?

A long-term (about nine months) isothermal degradation experiment of two different commercial polylactide (PLA) samples used for food packaging was carried out at a relatively low temperature (423 K). Thermoox...

Ignazio Blanco in Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (2014)

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Synthesis, characterization and thermal stability of new dumbbell-shaped isobutyl-substituted POSSs linked by aromatic bridges

Five new dumbbell-shaped polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSSs), in which two identical silicon cages R₇(SiO_1.5)₈ (with R = isobutyl), linked to various aromatic bridges (Ar, Ar–Ar, Ar–O–Ar, Ar–S–Ar and Ar...

Ignazio Blanco, Lorenzo Abate… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2014)

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Synthesis and thermal characterization of new dumbbell-shaped cyclopentyl-substituted POSSs linked by aliphatic and aromatic bridges

Seven aliphatic and aromatic dumbbell-shaped bridged hepta-cyclopentyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSSs), in which two identical silicon cages R₇(SiO_1.5)₈ (with R = cyclopentyl) are linked to various ...

Ignazio Blanco, Lorenzo Abate… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2015)

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Synthesis and Thermal Behaviour of Novel Aliphatic/Aromatic Hepta-Cyclopentyl Bridged Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSSs)/Polystyrene (PS) Nanocomposites

The resistance to the thermal degradation of some polystyrene (PS) based nanocomposites, containing as filler novel aliphatic and aromatic hepta-cyclopentyl bridged polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSSs...

Ignazio Blanco, Lorenzo Abate… in Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Po… (2015)

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Thermal characterization of a series of novel hepta cyclopentyl bridged POSS/PS nanocomposites

A series of novel hepta cyclopentyl bridged polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSSs)/polystyrene (PS) nanocomposites, at different POSS contents (1, 3 and 5 % w/w), was synthesized and characterized. Nano...

Ignazio Blanco, Francesco A. Bottino in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2016)

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Lifetime prediction of food and beverage packaging wastes

Two different types of commercial polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polypropylene (PP) samples used for beverage and food packaging were degraded for 25 months in isothermal oxidative condition at relativel...

Ignazio Blanco in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2016)

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Thermal characterization of a series of lignin-based polypropylene blends

Polypropylene (PP), due to its chemical stability, is considered one of the main responsible of the increasing amount of plastic wastes on earth. To overcome this problem and to reduce the dependence of oil fe...

Ignazio Blanco, Gianluca Cicala… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2017)

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Polylactide/lignin blends

The effect of processing temperature and time on polylactide/lignin blends was evaluated. Two blends, one commercial and one prepared mixing polylactide (PLA) with different lignin contents, were processed at ...

Gianluca Cicala, Giuseppe Saccullo… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2017)

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Decomposition and Ageing of Hybrid Materials with POSS

The use of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSSs), as reinforcing agent for making polymer composites and nanocomposites, recorded an exponential grown in the last two decades. Differently to the other ...

Ignazio Blanco in Polymer/POSS Nanocomposites and Hybrid Materials (2018)

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Synthesis and thermal behaviour of phenyl-substituted POSSs linked by aliphatic and aromatic bridges

Five novel bridged heptaphenyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSSs), in which two identical silicon cages R₇(SiO_1.5)₈ (with R = Phenyl) are linked to various aliphatic [(CH₂) _{n ...}

Ignazio Blanco, Lorenzo Abate… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2018)

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A novel three-cages POSS molecule: synthesis and thermal behaviour

Two novel 4-methyl phenyl (trioxyisobutyl POSS) silane and 4-methyl phenyl (trioxycyclopentyl POSS) silane were synthesized. The nanosystems were characterized by elemental analysis, ¹H NMR and FTIR spectroscopy,...

Ignazio Blanco, Francesco A. Bottino… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2018)

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Synthesis and thermal characterization of monosubstituted octaphenyl POSS/polystyrene nanocomposites

Four novel polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes/polystyrene (POSS/PS) nanocomposites, having formula R₇R′₁(SiO_1.5)₈/PS (where R = C₆H₅– and R′ = p-C₆H₄-X, with X = –CH₃, –OCH₃, –F, –Cl) were synthesized by in si...

Ignazio Blanco, Lorenzo Abate, Paola Bottino… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2019)

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Mechanical and thermal properties of fly ash-filled geopolymers

Fly ash recycling reduces the amount of waste to be treated or disposed in landfills, allowing both to decrease the environmental damage and to save the costs of transport and disposal of waste. Systems with d...

Michelina Catauro, Elisabetta Tranquillo… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2019)

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Advancements of thermal analysis and calorimetry in Central-Eastern Europe and Mediterranean region

Stefano Vecchio Ciprioti, Andrei Rotaru… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2020)

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Characterization of poly(ethylene oxide) modified with different phenyl hepta isobutyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes

Poly(ethylene oxide)/polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (PEO/POSSs) composites were prepared by the melting method. The investigation of their thermal characteristics was performed by the differential scann...

Nataša Stipanelov Vrandečić, Matko Erceg… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2020)

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Thermo-oxidative investigation on SiO₂ and SiO₂–ZrO₂ composites prepared by sol–gel route

SiO₂, ZrO₂ and SiO₂–ZrO₂ composites at different percentages of zirconia were synthesized by the sol–gel method and spectroscopically characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Different ser...

Michelina Catauro, Giovanni Dal Poggetto… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2022)

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Kinetic study of the thermal and thermo-oxidative degradations of aromatic poly(ether sulfone) random copolymers bearing pendant carboxyl groups

A series of poly(ether sulfone) random copolymers at various loading of diphenolic acid (DPA) units were synthesized and subjected to a comprehensive kinetics degradation study to assess their thermal behaviou...

Ignazio Blanco, Gianluca Cicala… in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2023)