Poly (butylene terephthalate)/silica nanocomposites prepared from cyclic butylene terephthalate

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-278

  Jiang, Zhenyu ^a,b   Siengchin, Suchart ^a   Zhou, Li Min ^b   Steeg, Markus ^a   Karger Kocsis, József ^a   Man, Hau Chung ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A. Particle reinforcement; B. Mechanical properties; B. Rheological properties; E. Thermoplastic resin

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BUTENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONOMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; RESINS; RHEOLOGY; SILICA;

A. PARTICLE-REINFORCEMENT; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; B. RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CYCLIC BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; E. THERMOPLASTIC RESIN; FAILURE STRAINS; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; HIGH-SPEED; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATIONS; MELT VISCOSITIES; POLIES (BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLY(BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PBT); POLYMER COMPOSITES; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; WELL-DISPERSED; YIELD STRENGTHS;

POLYMER MELTS;

EID: 63749102237     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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