Micromechanical behaviour of particulate polymer nanocomposites

Polymer

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1934-1942

  Anthoulis, George I ^a   Kontou, Evagelia ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Micromechanical; Nanoclay; Polycyanurate

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROMECHANICS; ORGANOCLAY; PLASTICITY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; STIFFNESS; TENSORS;

FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; MORI-TANAKA THEORY; POLYCYANURATES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CRYSTAL; ELASTOPLASTICITY; NANOCOMPOSITE; ORGANIC POLYMER; ORGANOCLAY; STIFFNESS; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 40849141943     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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