Morphology and properties of nanostructured materials based on polypropylene/poly(butylene succinate) blend and organoclay

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 353-367

  Gcwabaza, Thabo ^a,b   Sinha Ray, Suprakas ^a   Focke, Walter W ^b   Maity, Arjun ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blend; Morphology and properties; Nanocomposites; Organoclay; Poly(butylene succinate); Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CLAY MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANOCLAY; PHASE STABILITY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PUMPING PLANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOPLASTICS;

BATCH MIXERS; BUTYLENE SUCCINATES; DEGREE OF DISPERSIONS; DOMAIN SIZES; FINE PARTICLES; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITES; NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS; POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE); SCANNING ELECTRONS; SILICATE LAYERS; THERMAL STABILITIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRONS; WEIGHT RATIOS; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

EID: 58249083138     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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