Morphological interpretations and micromechanical properties of polyamide-6/polypropylene-grafted-maleic anhydride/nanoclay ternary nanocomposites

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4693-4703

  Dayma, Naresh ^a   Satapathy, Bhabani K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Mechanical; Microstructure; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

BLEND COMPOSITION; CLOISITE; COMPOSITE THEORY; CRYSTALLINITIES; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; FRACTURED SURFACES; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HALPIN-TSAI; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; IMPACT PROPERTY; INTERFACIAL EFFECTS; MATRIX; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MICROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; MODIFIED POLYAMIDES; NANO CLAYS; NANOCLAY LAYERS; POLYAMIDE 6; POLYMER CHAINS; SECOND PHASE; SEM; SEM ANALYSIS; STRESS TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; TEM; TERNARY NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLASS TRANSITION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER BLENDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESSES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77954141950     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.05.024     Document Type: Article

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