Structure and Molecular Dynamics in Metal-Containing Polyamide 6 Microparticles
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
I appreciate the authors' efforts in conducting a detailed 13C ssNMR study regarding the structure and molecular dynamics of polyamide 6 microparticles entrapping different types of metal fillers, and presenting results that can be further used in the preparation of hybrid microparticles intended to have customized structures and magneto-electrical properties. Overall, the research has a good scientific merit, the manuscript being well-structured and of interest to readers. The methodology is scientifically sound and the results are adequately presented and discussed in a comprehensive way.
As a minor revision that should be done, I suggest that for the SEM micrographs of Al particles (a) and Al10 microparticles (d) to be used the same magnification for a better comparison. In the present form, the image for Al is presented with a scalebar of 100 µm, while the image for Al10 has a scalebar of 400 µm.
Author Response
Dear Editor,
The modification of Figure 1 suggested by the respected Reviewer 1 was made in the corrected version. Now the SEM images of Al filler particles and Al10 microparticles are at the same scale with a scale bar of 400 μm.
On behalf of all coauthors, I would like to thank to this reviewer for the high appreciation of our work.
Sincerely,
Prof. Dsc Zlatan Denchev
Reviewer 2 Report
The authors report the crystallinity effect of hybrid micro particles on polyamide 6 (PA6).
The article is well written, showing an efficient approach to the investigated problem. The results support conclusions.
No modifications are required to the manuscript.
Author Response
Dear Editor
On behalf of all coauthors, I would like to thank to the respected Reviewer 2 for the high appreciation of our work. As suggested, no modifications of the manuscript were made.
Sincerely,
Prof. Dsc. Zlatan Denchev
Reviewer 3 Report
The manuscript if focused on the structure and Molecular Dynamics in Metal-Containing PA 6 Microparticles. The authors present an in-depth characterization via ssNMR, DSC, SEM and XRD techniques. The authors report that this is the first report on ssNMR studies based on metal-loaded PA6 hybrids The results are interesting and the quality of presentation is very high. The manuscript deserve publication in present form.
Author Response
Dear Editor
On behalf of all coauthors, I would like to thank to the respected Reviewer 3 for the high appreciation of our work. As suggested, no modifications of the manuscript were made.
Sincerely,
Prof. Dsc. Zlatan Denchev
