Selective laser sintering characteristics of nylon 6/clay-reinforced nanocomposite

Polymer Testing

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 629-636

  Kim, J ^a   Creasy, T S ^a  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite; Selective laser sintering (SLS)

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXTRUDERS; LASERS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLDING; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SINTERING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY;

POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES (PNC); RAPID PROTOTYPING/ MANUFACTURING (RP&M); SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS); THERMAL TRANSITION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 3042731398     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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