Polystyrene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites: Study of the Morphology and Effects of Sonication Time on Thermal Stability

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="650725.fig.006a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnm/volume-2013/650725/figures/650725.fig.006a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b> Monolayer </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="650725.fig.006b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnm/volume-2013/650725/figures/650725.fig.006b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Bilayer</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="650725.fig.006c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnm/volume-2013/650725/figures/650725.fig.006c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Pseudotrilayer</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="650725.fig.006d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnm/volume-2013/650725/figures/650725.fig.006d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Paraffin structure </td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Potential configuration of interlayer cations.</table>

Journal of Nanomaterials

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Figure 6: Polystyrene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites: Study of the Morphology and Effects of Sonication Time on Thermal Stability 