Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2018-01-23T13:48:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ErikDosSantosSilva_TESE.pdf: 6543895 bytes, checksum: 29c9b0e4741aa669a76be6f191b18cf7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2018-01-24T14:05:43Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 ErikDosSantosSilva_TESE.pdf: 6543895 bytes, checksum: 29c9b0e4741aa669a76be6f191b18cf7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-01-24T14:05:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ErikDosSantosSilva_TESE.pdf: 6543895 bytes, checksum: 29c9b0e4741aa669a76be6f191b18cf7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-30 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / A pesquisa em nanocomp?sitos de pol?meros e s?lica tornou-se foco de muitos pesquisadores nos ?ltimos anos devido ?s excelentes propriedades apresentadas quando comparadas aos componentes individuais. Neste trabalho foi realizado um tratamento de modifica??o superficial da s?lica com 3-aminopropiltriet?xisilano (APTES) para incorpora??o na blenda poli(metacrilato de metila)/poli(estireno-co-acrilonitrila) (PMMA/SAN) por meio de processamento em extrusora dupla rosca. Foi avaliado o efeito da adi??o de nanopart?culas de s?lica com e sem modifica??o superficial na estrutura e propriedades da blenda PMMA/SAN, com objetivo de promover melhores propriedades mec?nicas, sem comprometer a transpar?ncia dos materiais produzidos. Os materiais foram caracterizados por medidas de ?ndice de fluidez (MFI), ensaios mec?nicos de tra??o uniaxial, flex?o em 3 pontos, dureza Rockwell M (HRM) e Shore D, impacto Izod, reometria de placas paralelas, microscopia eletr?nica de transmiss?o (MET), ensaios de abras?o e risco. Os resultados reol?gicos indicaram que houve rea??o entre as nanopart?culas de s?lica tratadas com os pol?meros puros e com a blenda PMMA/SAN, mostrando-se uma t?cnica ?til para avaliar poss?veis rea??es durante o processo de extrus?o. Os nanocomp?sitos apresentaram um decr?scimo nas propriedades de resist?ncia m?xima ? tra??o, resist?ncia ao impacto e alongamento na ruptura, se comparado a blenda PMMA/SAN, que apresentou sinergismo nas propriedades de resist?ncia m?xima ? tra??o e alongamento na ruptura. Entretanto, as propriedades dos nanocomp?sitos com nanopart?culas de s?lica modificadas foram superiores aos nanocomp?sitos sem tratamento. A adi??o de s?lica tratada promoveu um aumento no m?dulo de elasticidade, dureza, abras?o e risco dos nanocomp?sitos produzidos. / Research on nanocomposites of polymers and silica has become the focus of many researchers in recent years because of the excellent properties presented when compared to individual components. In this work a surface modification treatment of silica with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) was carried out for incorporation in the poly(methyl methacrylate)/poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (PMMA/SAN) blend by processing in a twin screw extruder. The effect of the addition of silica nanoparticles with and without surface modification on the structure and properties of the PMMA/SAN blend was evaluated, aiming to promote better mechanical properties without compromising the transparency of the materials produced. The materials were characterized by flow index measures (MFI), mechanical tests of uniaxial traction, 3-point flexure, Rockwell M hardness (HRM) and Shore D, Izod impact, parallel plate rheometry, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), abrasion and scratch tests. The rheological results indicated that there was a reaction between the silica nanoparticles treated with the pure polymers and with the PMMA/SAN blend, showing a useful technique to evaluate possible reactions during the extrusion process. The nanocomposites showed a decrease in the properties of maximum tensile strength, impact strength and elongation at break when compared to PMMA/SAN blends, which showed synergism in the properties of maximum tensile strength and elongation at break. However, the properties of the nanocomposites with modified silica nanoparticles were superior to the nanocomposites without treatment. The addition of treated silica promoted an increase in the modulus of elasticity, hardness, abrasion and scratch of the nanocomposites produced.