Preparation and rheological characteristics of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer/organoclay nanocomposites

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 46 B, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-273

  Lee, Hyung Min ^a   Park, Bong Jun ^a   Choi, Hyoung Jin ^a   Gupta, Rahul Kumar ^b   Bhattachary, Sati N ^b  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer; Nanocomposite; Organoclay; Rheology

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; GEOMETRY; INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAYS; PARALLEL PLATE GEOMETRY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33847352502     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222340601066956     Document Type: Article

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