Novel clay nanocomposites with platelets oriented by chaotic advection

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 248-251

  Mahesha, C ^a   Zumbrunnen, D A ^a   Parulekar, Y ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier Films; Chaotic Advection; Chaotic Mixing; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

BARRIER FILMS; CHAOTIC ADVECTION; CHAOTIC MIXING; NANOCOMPOSITE;

EXTRUSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

CLAY;

EID: 33644933995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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