Highly dispersed nanosilica-epoxy resins with enhanced mechanical properties

Polymer

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3805-3815

  Chen, Chenggang ^a   Justice, Ryan S ^b,c   Schaefer, Dale W ^c   Baur, Jeffery W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Small angle scattering

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS TRANSITION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

CURE TEMPERATURE; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; SILICA PARTICLES; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SPHERICAL SILICA PARTICLES; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRA-SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS;

EPOXY RESINS;

EPOXY RESIN; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON DIOXIDE; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 48349126741     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.06.023     Document Type: Article

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