Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 55, No. 2, 160–164, 2007.

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Rouse, Jason H.
Ferguson, Gregory S.

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2007

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Periodicals , Geology , Laponite , Montmorillonite , Multilayer , Polyelectrolyte , Polymer-clay Composite , Stepwise Adsorption , Swelling

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Does Water Swell The Ordered Domains In polyelectrolyte/clay Multilayers?

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X-ray diffraction has been used to study the sorption of water by multilayer films containing ordered stacksof alternating layersof an organic polyelectrolyte and individual plateletsof a smectite. The position and shape of the 001 reflections due to the ordered polyelectrolyte/platelet stacks were essentially the same when in air at low relative humidity (23-25% RH) and under water. These data indicate that swelling occurs exclusively in X-ray amorphous regions within the film, and that the ordered polyelectrolyte/clay domains themselves are not ‘swellable’ by water.

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Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 55, No. 2, 160–164, 2007. Does Water Swell The Ordered Domains In polyelectrolyte/clay Multilayers? Jason H. Rouse; Gregory S. Ferguson. DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2007.0550205. Copyright © 2007, The Clay Minerals Society.

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Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 55, No. 2, 160–164, 2007.

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The Clay Minerals Society

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Copyright © 2006-2018, The Clay Minerals Society

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