The impact of the nature of nanofillers on the performance of wood polymer nanocomposites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 727-737

  Cai, Xiaolin ^a   Riedl, Bernard ^a   Zhang, S Y ^b   Wan, Hui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. Wood; B. Interphase; E. Thermosetting resin; Melamine urea formaldehyde (MUF) resin

Indexed keywords

NATURAL POLYMERS; PHASE INTERFACES; THERMOSETS; WOOD;

INTERPHASE INTERACTIONS; MELAMINE-UREA-FORMALDEHYDE (MUF) RESINS; WOOD POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES; NATURAL POLYMERS; PHASES; THERMOSETS; WOOD;

EID: 41949087225     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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