Oriented clay-induced anisotropic crystalline morphology in poly(ethylene naphthalate)/clay nanocomposites and its impact on mechanical properties

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-430

  Chua, Yang Choo ^a,b   Chen, Ling ^b   Lu, Xuehong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

A. Clay; A. Nano structures; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Directional orientation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; X RAY SCATTERING;

A. CLAY; A. NANO-STRUCTURES; A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); B. DIRECTIONAL ORIENTATION; CLAY BASAL; CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; CRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGIES; DYNAMIC MECHANICALS; FLOW DIRECTIONS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; LAMELLAR ORGANIZATIONS; MATRIXES; POLIES (ETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE); POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SMALL - ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 62649110269     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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