Three-dimensional structure of a polymer/clay nanocomposite characterized by transmission electron microtomography

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 589-603

  Nishioka, Hideo ^a   Niihara, Ken Ichi ^a   Kaneko, Takeshi ^a   Yamanaka, Junpei ^b   Inoue, Takashi ^c   Nishi, Toshio ^d   Jinnai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Inertia tensor; Montmorillonite; Polymer clay nanocomposite; Three dimensional particle analysis; Transmission electron microtomography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CLAY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; POLYETHYLENES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSORS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELLIPSOIDS; INERTIA TENSORS; ORGANOPHILIC MONTMORILLONITE (MMT); POLYETHYLENE-CO-VINYLACETATE (EVA); THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE ANALYSIS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33750531024     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855406778440695     Document Type: Article

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