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Halloysite nanotubes/pluronic nanocomposites for waterlogged archeological wood: thermal stability and X-ray microtomography

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Filling a polymer with halloysite nanotubes is considered a promising strategy to generate nanocomposites with tailored physicochemical properties. We have focused our attention on pluronic block copolymer/halloysite nanocomposites prepared by melt blending. The effect of composition on thermal stability and polymer crystallinity was investigated by thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry. Electron microscopy was used to monitor the nanoparticle distribution in the polymeric matrix. The pluronic thermal stability is reduced by the clay nanoparticles. Concerning the polymer crystallinity, it is slightly decreased even if the melting temperature is lowered by halloysite. Furthermore, waterlogged archeological wood samples are consolidated using the nanotubes/pluronic nanocomposite, and the penetration of the nanocomposites into the lignin channels is confirmed by measurements based on X-ray computed microtomography.

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The work was financially supported by Progetto di ricerca e sviluppo “AGM for CuHe” (ARS01_00697) and University of Palermo. The TomoLab team at Elettra is acknowledged for the technical support during measurements.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, pad. 17, 90128, Palermo, Italy

    Filippo Parisi, Giuseppe Cavallaro, Stefana Milioto & Giuseppe Lazzara

  2. Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, INSTM, Via G. Giusti, 9, 50121, Florence, Italy

    Filippo Parisi, Giuseppe Cavallaro, Stefana Milioto & Giuseppe Lazzara

  3. Multidisciplinary Laboratory, The “Abdus Salam” International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34151, Trieste, Italy

    Federico Bernardini

  4. Centro Fermi, Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro di Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi”, Piazza del Viminale 1, 00184, Rome, Italy

    Federico Bernardini

  5. Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Trieste, Italy

    Lucia Mancini

  6. Institute of Physical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

    David Prokop

  7. Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Purkyňova 123, 61200, Brno, Czech Republic

    David Prokop

  8. LINXS – Lund Institute for Advanced Neutron and X-ray Science, Scheelevägen 19, 223 70, Lund, Sweden

    Lucia Mancini

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Parisi, F., Bernardini, F., Cavallaro, G. et al. Halloysite nanotubes/pluronic nanocomposites for waterlogged archeological wood: thermal stability and X-ray microtomography. J Therm Anal Calorim 141, 981–989 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-09637-4

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