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ArticlePolymers2025

Layered Double Hydroxide Nanocomposite Coatings for Improved Flame Retardancy of Polyethylene-Based Copolymers.

Giuseppe Trapani, Rossella Arrigo, Michele Sisani, Maria Bastianini, Alberto Frache

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Giuseppe TrapaniDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Viale Teresa Michel 5, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.
Rossella ArrigoDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Viale Teresa Michel 5, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0291-2519
Michele SisaniProlabin&Tefarm, Ponte Felicino, 06134 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0297-8059
Maria BastianiniProlabin&Tefarm, Ponte Felicino, 06134 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4065-8734
Alberto FracheDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Viale Teresa Michel 5, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2572-3235

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Abstract

This work proposes a coating approach for obtaining flame-retardant ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) and ethylene-butyl acrylate (EBA) copolymer-based materials. Nanocomposite films of EVA and EBA were first produced by cast extrusion, with two types of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) differing in the aspect ratio used as nanofillers. Subsequently, the films were applied as a coating to the corresponding neat copolymer substrate, and the combustion behavior of the so-obtained samples was evaluated through cone calorimeter tests. Despite the small amount of nanofillers (0.5 wt.% considering the whole specimen), the application of the coatings significantly improved the time to ignition compared to the pristine copolymers, while the shape of the heat release rate curves and the relative peak values remained relatively unchanged. The effect of the embedded nanofillers in delaying the ignition was more effective for the EVA-based systems than for the EBA ones (showing an increment of 30% and 12%, respectively, compared to the uncoated samples), likely due to the more homogeneous dispersion of the LDHs obtained in the first case. The obtained results demonstrate the effectiveness of the coating approach, since it allows the flame-retardant action to be concentrated on the surface of a polymer system, where combustion specifically takes place, while minimizing the required amount of flame retardant.

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cast extrusioncombustion behaviorcone calorimeterethylene–butyl acrylateethylene–vinyl acetate

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PMID41374875
PMCPMC12694297

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