Imidazolium-modified clay-based ABS nanocomposites: A comparison between melt-blending and solution-sonication processes

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1576-1583

  Modesti, Michele ^a   Besco, S ^a   Lorenzetti, A ^a   Zammarano, M ^b   Causin, V ^a   Marega, C ^a   Gilman, J W ^b   Fox, D M ^c   Trulove, P C ^d   de Long, H C ^e   Maupin, P H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f US Department of Energy Office of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

ABS; Fluorescence probe; Imidazolium salts; Melt blending; Nanocomposites; Nile Blue A; Solution processing

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; BUTADIENE; CLAY MINERALS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MECHANICAL TESTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMER MELTS; SALTS; SILICATE MINERALS; STYRENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ABS; FLUORESCENCE PROBE; IMIDAZOLIUM SALTS; NILE BLUE A; SOLUTION PROCESSING;

ABS RESINS;

BLENDING; CLAY LINER; FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYSTYRENE; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY;

EID: 58049109905     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1172     Document Type: Article

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