Atomic force microscopy as a tool to study the distribution of rubber in high impact poly(propylene) particles

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 565-572

  Bouzid, Djallel ^a   Gaboriaud, Fabien ^b   McKenna, Timothy F ^a  

^a UMR 5265   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Ethylene propylene rubber; Impact copolymers; Morphology; Poly(propylene) (PP)

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COPOLYMERIZATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ETHYLENE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYPROPYLENES; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLUME FRACTION;

ETHYLENE PROPYLENE RUBBER; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS (FBR); IMPACT COPOLYMERS; POLY(PROPYLENE) (PP);

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 20844444117     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200400248     Document Type: Article

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