Natural rubber/clay nanocomposites: Influence of poly(ethylene glycol) on the silicate dispersion and local chain order of rubber network

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3493-3500

  Carretero Gonzalez J ^a   Valentin J L ^a,b   Arroyo, M ^a   Saalwachter K ^b   Lopez Manchado, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Montmorillonite; Multiple quantum NMR; Natural rubber; Poly(ethylene glycol); Time domain NMR

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CLAY MINERALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTORESISTS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; RESONANCE; RUBBER; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; SODIUM; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MONTMORILLONITE; MULTIPLE-QUANTUM NMR; NATURAL RUBBER; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL); TIME-DOMAIN NMR;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 55149121377     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.08.046     Document Type: Article

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