Spatial orientation of nanoclay and crystallite in microcellular injection molded polyamide-6 nanocomposites

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 765-779

  Yuan, Mingjun ^a   Song, Qing ^b   Turng, Lih Sheng ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITES; POLYAMIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MICROCELLULAR INJECTION; MICROSCALE STRUCTURES; NANOCLAY; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL HIERARCHY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 34250196136     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20752     Document Type: Article

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