Kinetics of structure formation in PP/layered silicate nanocomposites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 692-702

  Hari J ^a,b   Dominkovics, Z ^a,b   Fekete, E ^a,b   Pukanszky B ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Gallery structure; Layered silicate; Nanocomposites; Polypropylene; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350380084     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2009.87     Document Type: Article

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