Optical transparency in a polymer blend induced by clay nanofillers

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3941-3945

  Kelarakis, Antonios ^a   Yoon, Kyunghwan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoclays; Nanocomposites; Optical transparency; Polymer blend

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CLAY MINERALS; EMULSIFICATION; ETHYLENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSPARENCY;

BINARY MATRIXES; CLAY MODIFICATIONS; CLAY NANOFILLERS; CRITICAL EFFECTS; EFFECTIVELY CONTROLS; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENES; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; NANOCLAY; NANOCLAYS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCIES; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE); POLYMER DROPLETS; SPATIAL ORGANIZATIONS; STRONG INTERACTIONS; TRANSPARENT SYSTEMS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 56649105149     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.08.030     Document Type: Article

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