Morphological Study on Room-Temperature-Cured PMMA-Grafted Natural Rubber-Toughened Epoxy/Layered Silicate Nanocomposite

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TEM images of PMMA-grafted natural rubber toughened epoxy showing (a) random distribution of rubber particle with various sizes within the epoxy matrix. (b) The co-continuous morphology of rubber particles. (c) Various shapes of rubber particles within the co-continuous phase. (d) Small rubber particles surrounding a dense rubber particle.