Rheology of metallocene polyethylene-based nanocomposites: Influence of graft modification

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-434

  Devendra, Raghavendra ^a   Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^a   Vogel, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; SILICATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAFT MODIFICATION; METALLOCENE; SILICATE GALLERY; WEIGHT FRACTION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33749018538     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2209090     Document Type: Article

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