Contact angle measurements as a tool to investigate the filler-matrix interactions in polyurethane-clay nanocomposites from blocked prepolymer

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1662-1672

  Pegoretti, Alessandro ^a   Dorigato, Andrea ^a   Brugnara, Marco ^a   Penati, Amabile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blocked polyurethane; Clay; Contact angle; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; CROSSLINKING; ELASTIC MODULI; FILLERS; INTERCALATION; MIXTURES; POLYURETHANES;

BLOCKED POLYURETHANES; BLOCKED PREPOLYMERS; THERMAL LIFETIME;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 44649093882     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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