Nanostructured polyolefins/clay composites: Role of the molecular interaction at the interface

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 560-568

  Passaglia, Elisa ^a   Bertoldo, Monica ^a   Coiai, Serena ^a,b   Augier, Sylvain ^a   Savi, Stefania ^a   Ciardelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Italian Center for Packaging (CIP)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functionalized polyolefins; Nanocomposites; Polyolefin clay interactions

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBOXYLATION; CLAY MINERALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); FILLERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GLASS TRANSITION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MIXING; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE INTERFACES; PLASMA GUNS; POLYMERS; POLYOLEFINS; PROPYLENE; SILICATE MINERALS;

CARBOXYLATE GROUPS; DIETHYL MALEATE (DEM); DRIVING FORCES; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE (EP) COPOLYMERS; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE (TG); INORGANIC FILLERS; INORGANIC PARTICLES; INTERFACE ADHESION; INTERPHASE INTERACTIONS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE (MAH); MELT MIXING; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANODISPERSED; NANOSTRUCTURED MORPHOLOGIES; ONE STEP PROCESSES; ORGANOPHILIC; POLYMER PHASE; PROPERTIES DESIGN; SYNTHETIC APPROACHES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

COPOLYMER; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYOLEFIN; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 47149110595     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1107     Document Type: Article

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