Morphology, mechanical, and thermal properties of aramid/layered silicate nanocomposite materials

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2296-2304

  Zulfiqar, Sonia ^a   Sarwar, Muhammad Ilyas ^a   Lieberwirth, Ingo ^b   Ahmad, Zahoor ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CLAY MINERALS; GLASS TRANSITION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCLAY; POLYMERS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHE MICAL INTERACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURES; DIMETHYL ACETAMIDE; ELONGATION AT BREAK; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE TG; ISOPHTHALOYL CHLORIDE; MODIFIED CLAYS; MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; NANO-COMPOSITE MATERIAL; OXYDIANILINE; P-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); TWO PHASES; WATER-UPTAKE; WATER-UPTAKE MEASUREMENTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 52649172270     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0301     Document Type: Article

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