Atomic force microscopic observations on the crystalline morphology of poly(ethylene naphthalate)/clay nanocomposites

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 208, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1789-1796

  Chua, Yang Choo ^a,b   Wu, Shucheng ^a   Li, Lin ^c   Lu, Xuehong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Clay; Crystallization; Lamellar; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CLAY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES;

POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATES; PRIMARY LAMELLAE; SPHERULITE;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 34548247638     PISSN: 10221352     EISSN: 15213935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/macp.200700098     Document Type: Article

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