Preparation, characterization and water barrier properties of PS/organo-montmorillonite nanocomposites

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3915-3921

  Giannakas, A ^a   Spanos, C G ^a   Kourkoumelis, N ^a   Vaimakis, T ^a   Ladavos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite; Organoclay; Polystyrene; Thermal stability; WVT

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BLENDING; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CLAY MINERALS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYSTYRENES; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

AMMONIUM BROMIDES; INTERCALATED NANOCOMPOSITES; MONTMORILLONITE NANO COMPOSITES; PRISTINE POLYMERS; THERMAL STABILITIES; THERMAL STABILITY; WATER BARRIERS; WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSIONS; WVT; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 56649099039     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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