Morphology and fracture behaviour of polyethylene/Mg-Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanocomposites

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2140-2152

  Costa, F R ^a   Satapathy, B K ^b   Wagenknecht, U ^a   Weidisch, R ^a,b   Heinrich, G ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crack toughness; Essential work of fracture; LDH; Morphology; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRACK TOUGHNESS; DUCTILE-TO-BRITTLE TRANSITION; ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDE (LDH);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33746776746     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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