Influence of interfacial layers upon the barrier properties of polymer nanocomposites

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Khounlavong, Landry ^a   Ganesan, Venkat ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

BARRIER PROPERTIES; BULK PROPERTIES; DIFFUSIVITIES; INTERFACIAL CHARACTERISTICS; INTERFACIAL LAYERS; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MULTI-BODY INTERACTIONS; NANO-FILLERS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL HOMOGENIZATIONS; PARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; POLYMER MIXTURES; POLYMER MODELS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; THEORETICAL MODELS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 62549150312     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3079138     Document Type: Article

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