New Applications of Poly (vinyl chloride) Nanocomposites

Abstract

This thesis involves preparation of poly (vinyl chloride) nanocomposites with different contents and types of nanofillers via solution casting technique. Modified Egyptian bentonite with octadecylamine chloride (ODACl), sodium salts of adipic and sebacic dicarboxylic acid were used as filler materials for PVC. Metal oxides nanoparticles (i.e. Fe2O3, ZnO and TiO2) and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as well as its decorated form (MWCNTs-Ag) were also used and evaluated, based on the obtained results, for using as an effective antibacterial agents in protection and packing of food as well as in medical and healthy applications. The thesis includes three main sections: