Cellulose poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) nanocomposites studied by molecular modelling and mechanical spectroscopy

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2025-2031

  Chauve, Gregory ^a   Heux, Laurent ^a   Arouini, Rachid ^a   Mazeau, Karim ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AROMATIC POLYMERS; CELLULOSE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ATOMIC SCALE; MOLECULAR MODELING; POLYMER STRUCTURES; REINFORCING EFFECTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CELLULOSE; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELLULOSE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYVINYLS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ADHESION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CELLULOSE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 22944477749     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm0501205     Document Type: Article

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