Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36080772›Full record

ArticlePolymers2022

Mechanical, Hydrophobic, and Barrier Properties of Nanocomposites of Modified Polypropylene Reinforced with Low-Content Attapulgite.

Chi-Hui Tsou, Rui Zeng, Chih-Yuan Tsou, Jui-Chin Chen, Ya-Li Sun, Zheng-Lu Ma, Manuel Reyes De Guzman, Lian-Jie Tu, Xin-Yuan Tian, Chin-San Wu

Open access · goldAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chi-Hui TsouSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong 643000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2693-1028
Rui ZengSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong 643000, China.
Chih-Yuan TsouSichuan Zhixiangyi Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610051, China.
Jui-Chin ChenDepartment of Material and Textile, Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, New Taipei City 220, Taiwan.
Ya-Li SunSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong 643000, China.
Zheng-Lu MaSichuan Vocational College of Chemical Technology, Luzhou 646300, China.
Manuel Reyes De GuzmanSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong 643000, China.
Lian-Jie TuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong 643000, China.
Xin-Yuan TianDepartment of Material and Textile, Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, New Taipei City 220, Taiwan.
Chin-San WuDepartment of Applied Cosmetology, Kao Yuan University, Kaohsiung 82101, Taiwan.
Sichuan University of Science and Engineering · CNHuzhou Vocational and Technical College · CNKao Yuan University · TW

Funding

Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province 2022JDTD0016; 2020YFG0176
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Attapulgite (ATT) has never been used as a barrier additive in polypropylene (PP). As a filler, ATT should be added in high content to PP. However, that would result in increased costs. Moreover, the compatibility between ATT and the PP matrix is poor due to the lack of functional groups in PP. In this study, carboxylic groups were introduced to PP to form a modified polypropylene (MPP). ATT was purified, and a low content of it was added to MPP to prepare MPP/ATT nanocomposites. The analysis from FTIR indicated that ATT could react with MPP. According to the results of oxygen and water permeability tests, the barrier performance of the nanocomposite was optimal when the ATT content was 0.4%. This great improvement in barrier performance might be ascribed to the following three reasons: (1) The existence of ATT extended the penetration path of O

Indexed as

attapulgitebarrier performancecompatibilityhydrophobicitymodified polypropylenenanocomposite

Identifiers

PMID36080772
PMCPMC9459951
OpenAlexW4295007611

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.