简介：ThisarticleaddressesthesynthesisoforganicallytailoredNi-Allayereddoublehydroxide(ONi-AlLDH)anditsuseinthefabricationofexfoliatedpoly(methylmethacrylate)(PMMA)nanocomposites.ThepristineNi-AlLDHwasinitiallysynthesizedbyco-precipitationmethodandsubsequentlymodifiedusingsodiumdodecylsulfatetoobtainONi-AlLDH.NanocompositesofPMMAcontainingvariousamountsofmodifiedNi-AlLDH(3wt%?7wt%)weresynthesizedviasolventblendingmethodtoinvestigatetheinfluenceofLDHcontentonthepropertiesofPMMAmatrix.SeveralcharacterizationmethodssuchasX-raydiffraction(XRD),transmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM),Fouriertransforminfraredspectroscopy(FTIR),rheologicalanalysis,differentialscanningcalorimetry(DSC)andthermogravimetricanalysis(TGA),wereemployedtoexaminethestructural,viscoelasticandthermalpropertiesofPMMA/OLDHnanocomposites.TheresultsofXRDandTEMexaminationconfirmtheformationofpartiallyexfoliatedPMMA/OLDHnanocomposites.TheFTIRresultselucidatethatthecharacteristicbandsforbothpurePMMAandmodifiedLDHarepresentinthespectraofPMMA/OLDHnanocomposites.Rheologicalanalyseswerecarriedouttoexaminetheadhesionbetweenpolymermatrixandfillerspresentinthenanocompositesample.TheTGAdataindicatethatthePMMAnanocompositesexhibithigherthermalstabilitywhencomparedtopurePMMA.ThethermaldecompositiontemperatureofPMMA/OLDHnanocompositesincreasesby28KcomparedtothatofpurePMMAat15%weightlossasapointofreference.IncomparisonwithpurePMMA,thePMMAnanocompositecontaining7wt%LDHdemonstratesimprovedglasstransitiontemperature(Tg)ofaround3K.Theactivationenergy(Ea),reactionorders(n)andreactionmechanismofthermaldegradationofPMMA/OLDHnanocompositeswereevaluatedusingdifferentkineticmodels.WateruptakecapacityofthePMMA/OLDHnanocompositesislessthanthatofthepurePMMA.