Influence of aspect ratio on barrier properties of polymer-clay nanocomposites

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Lu, Chunsheng ^a   Mai, Yiu Wing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXFOLIATED SILICATE PLATELETS; LAYERED-SILICATE FILLERS; POLYMER-CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES;

FILLERS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMERS; SILICATE MINERALS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 27144494550     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.088303     Document Type: Article

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