Thermal properties of poly(lactic acid) fumed silica nanocomposites: Experiments and molecular dynamics simulations

Polymer

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2381-2386

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Lou, Jianzhong ^a   Ilias, Shamsuddin ^a   Krishnamachari, Parakalan ^a   Yan, Jizhong ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Molecular simulation; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SILICA; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MOLECULAR SIMULATION; SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYLACTIC ACID; SILICON DIOXIDE; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 42049116940     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.02.048     Document Type: Article

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