A mesoscopic rheological model of polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1189-1222

  Eslami, Hassan ^a   Grmela, Miroslav ^a   Bousmina, Mosto ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c HASSAN II ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Polymer layered silicate nanocomposites; Rheology; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR MODELING; RHEOLOGY; SILICATES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THERMODYNAMICS;

LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICATE LAYERS; SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES; STEADY SHEAR FLOWS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 36749081038     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2790461     Document Type: Article

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