Structure-property relationship of melt intercalated maleated polyethylene nanocomposites

Korea Australia Rheology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 133-139

  Reddy, M M ^a   Gupta, Rahul K ^a   Bhattacharya, S N ^a   Parthasarathy, R ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Melt intercalation; Morphology; Nanocomposoites; Polyethylene (PE); Shear viscosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449107392     PISSN: 1226119X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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