| PEO | poly(ethylene oxide) |
| Na+-MMT | Sodium Montmorillonite |
| ATR-FTIR | Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
| XRD | X-ray Diffraction |
| DSC | Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| CEC | Cation Exchange Capacity |
| ttt | trans-trans-trans |
| tgt | trans-gauche-trans |