This paper deals with the preparation of organoclays by intercalating poly(ethylene glycol) molecules (PEG) between Na montmorillonite (Na-MMT) layers in a clay-water suspension system. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results of ...

The organic modification of Na-montmorillonite (Na-MMT) clay by a reaction with the sodium salts of octadecanoic acid (SOD) and dodecanoic acid (SDD) was studied for the production of effectively intercalated and organophilic ...

This study concerns with interfacial in-situ encapsulation of n-hexadecane and n-octadecane cores in poly(urea-formaldehyde) shells to fabricate microcapsules, capable of absorbing and releasing high amounts of heat ...

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) compounds and mixtures have many properties that make them suitable for thermal applications in buildings, such as having high heat of fusion, phase change repeatability, chemical stability, ...

In this study, we prepared polymer-clay monofilaments using a melt spinning technique in which organoclays were incorporated into polyamide 6 (PA6) and polypropylene (PP) homopolymer resins. The structural and thermal ...

Thermal energy storage plays an important role in heat management because of the demand for developed energy conservation, and has applications in diverse areas, from building heating/cooling systems which enable solar ...

In this study, three types of paraffin waxes suitable for textile applications, namely n-hexadecane, n-octadecane and n-nonadecane were encapsulated through complex coacervation of natural and biodegradable polymers, gum ...

An organic phase change material (PCM) possesses the ability to absorb and release large quantity of latent heat during a phase change process over a certain temperature range. The use of PCMs in energy storage and thermal ...

Thermal comfort of a fabric is one of the important tasks of the designers that require an engineering approach. In this study, we first aimed to establish a manufacturing technique based on in situ polymerization in order ...