Review of polymer-organoclay nanocomposites

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 545-561

  Esfandiari, Amirhossein ^a   Nazokdast, Hossein ^b   Rashidi, Abo Saeed ^a   Yazdanshenas, Mohamad Esmaeel ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite; Organoclay; Orientation; Platelets; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DISPERSIONS; ELASTICITY; FLAME RESISTANCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAY; PLATELETS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RHEOLOGY; SILICATES;

BARRIER PROPERTIES; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; POLYMER LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER ORGANOCLAY; POLYOLEFIN NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 41949114217     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.545.561     Document Type: Review

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