Evaluation of the degree of exfoliation in poly(ε-caprolactone)/ organoclay nanocomposites based on viscoelastic relaxation

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 292, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 627-633

  Chung, Jae Woo ^a   Oh, Kwang Sei ^a   Kwak, Seung Yeop ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Dynamic mechanical measurement; Linear viscoelastic behavior; Nanocomposite; Poly( caprolactone)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; HEAT TREATMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL MEASUREMENT; EXFOLIATION; LINEAR VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR; MELT MIXING METHOD; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 34250839513     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: 14392054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200600451     Document Type: Article

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