The role of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in shear enhanced crystallization of isotactic poly(1-butene)

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 611-622

  Iervolino, Rossana ^a   Somma, Elvira ^a   Nobile, Maria Rossella ^a   Chen, Xuming ^b   Hsiao, Benjamin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Crystallization; MWNT; Rheology; Shear flow

Indexed keywords

1-BUTENE; CRYSTALLIZATION PARAMETER; FLOW-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; INDUCTION TIME; ISOTACTICS; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; MODERATE VALUE; MWNT; NUCLEATING EFFECT; OSCILLATORY SHEAR; QUIESCENT STATE; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SHEAR CONDITIONS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

BUTENES; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; ELASTICITY; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 75149162315     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-009-0505-6     Document Type: Article

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