Epoxy nanocomposites with highly exfoliated clay: Mechanical properties and fracture mechanisms

Macromolecules

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 788-800

  Wang, Ke ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Wu, Jingshen ^b   Toh, Mei Ling ^a   He, Chaobin ^a   Yee, Albert F ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXY INTERLAYERS; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; EXFOLIATED COILS; FRACTURE SURFACE;

CLAY; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 13444270991     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma048465n     Document Type: Article

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