Visualization of nanostructure of soft matter by 3D-TEM: Nanoparticles in a natural rubber matrix

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 979-997

  Kohjiya, Shinzo ^a   Kato, Atsushi ^b   Ikeda, Yuko ^c  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b NISSAN ARC LTD   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D TEM; Carbon black; Electron tomography; Nanoparticles; Natural rubber; Silica

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ASPECT RATIO; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; FLOCCULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RUBBER; SILICA; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

3D IMAGES; 3D NANOSTRUCTURES; 3D-TEM; BLACK AGGREGATES; CARBON BLACK DISPERSIONS; ELECTRON CONDUCTIVITIES; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHIES; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS HOPS; IN-SITU; NATURAL RUBBER; NATURAL RUBBER MATRIXES; NATURAL RUBBERS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR DISTANCES; NEIGHBORING AGGREGATES; NETWORK STRUCTURES; RUBBERY MATRICES; SOFT MATTERS; SOFT NANOCOMPOSITES; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; TEM IMAGES; VOLUME RESISTIVITIES;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 55749083671     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2008.06.001     Document Type: Review

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