Polyethylene nanocomposite heat-sealants with a versatile peelable character

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Manias, Evangelos ^a   Zhang, Jinguo ^a   Huh, Jin Young ^a,b   Manokruang, Kiattikhun ^a   Songtipya, Ponusa ^a   Jimenez Gasco, Maria Mar ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cheil Industries Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Interfacial adhesion; PE; Polyethylene heat sealants; Polymer nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHYLENE; HERMETIC SEALS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; SEALANTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

COHESIVE FAILURES; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; EVA CO POLYMERS; FAVORABLE INTERACTIONS; FRACTURE SEALS; INTERFACIAL ADHESION; MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESSES; MONTMORILLONITE CLAYS; NANO FILLERS; NANOCOMPOSITE FORMATIONS; PE; POLYETHYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; SEALING PERFORMANCES; SEALING TEMPERATURES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 58149291853     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200800553     Document Type: Article

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