Mechanical properties of attapulgite clay reinforced polyurethane shape-memory nanocomposites

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1904-1911

  Xu, Bin ^a   Huang, W M ^b   Pei, Y T ^c   Chen, Z G ^c   Kraft, A ^a   Reuben, R ^a   De Hosson, J Th M ^c   Fu, Y Q ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Microhardness; Nano clay; Nanocomposites; Polyurethane; Shape memory; Vickers indentation

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; ATTAPULGITE; ATTAPULGITE CLAY; CLAY CONTENT; FILLER-POLYMER INTERACTION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HEAT-TREATED CLAYS; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL MIXING; MICRO INDENTATION; NANO-CLAY; NANO-FILLERS; SHAPE MEMORY; SHAPE RECOVERY; SURFACE HYDROXYL GROUPS; VICKERS INDENTATION;

GLASS TRANSITION; INDENTATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROHARDNESS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 66949128581     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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