Large-scale extrusion processing and characterization of hybrid nylon-6/SiO2 nanocomposites

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 164-172

  García, Monserrat ^a   van Vliet, Gerhard ^b   ten Cate, Mattijs G J ^a   Chávez, Francisco ^c   Norder, Ben ^d   Kooi, Bart ^e   van Zyl, Werner E ^a   Verweij, Henk ^a   Blank, Dave H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Nanocomposites; NMR; Nylon 6 silica system; Screw extrusion

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; EXTRUSION MOLDING; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; SILICA; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS; TWIN-SCREW EXTRUDERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EXTRUSION; NANOCOMPOSITE; NYLON;

EXTRUSION; NANOCOMPOSITE; NYLON 6;

EID: 16544372226     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.458     Document Type: Article

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