A Study of the Effect of Surfactants on the Properties of Polystyrene-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 214-222

  Xie, Wei ^a   Hwu, Jyh Ming ^b   Jiang, George J ^b   Buthelezi, Thandi M ^a   Pan, Wei Ping ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; FILLERS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASTICIZERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

NANOFILLERS; ORGANOCLAYS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 1542501730     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10018     Document Type: Article

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