Polyethylene and polypropylene nanocomposites based on polymerically-modified clay containing alkylstyrene units

Polymer

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 5736-5743

  Zhang, Jinguo ^a   Wilkie, Charles A ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Polyethylene; Polymeric surfactant

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASTICIZERS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ELONGATION; ORGANIC MODIFICATION; PLASTICIZATION EFFECTS; POLYMERIC SURFACTANT;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOCOMPOSITE; PLASTICIZING AGENT; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 33745908900     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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