Compatibilizing effect of acrylic acid modified polypropylene on the morphology and permeability properties of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 458-465

  Chinellato, A C ^a,b   Vidotti, S E ^a,b,c   Hu, G H ^b,d   Pessan, L A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

A. Nanocomposites; A. Polypropylene; A. PP g AA compatibilizer; B. Morphology; B. Permeability

Indexed keywords

A. NANOCOMPOSITES; A. POLYPROPYLENE; A. PP-G-AA COMPATIBILIZER; ACRYLIC ACIDS; B. MORPHOLOGY; BARRIER PROPERTIES; COMPATIBILIZING AGENTS; GRAFTED POLYPROPYLENE; MASS RATIO; MICROCOMPOSITE; MICROMETER SCALE; MODIFIED POLYPROPYLENE; PERMEABILITY PROPERTIES; POLYMER CHAINS; TEM; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

CAPILLARITY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC ACIDS; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

ACRYLIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE; ORGANOCLAY; PERMEABILITY; POLYPROPYLENE;

EID: 75449087619     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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