Rheological investigation of interactions between sorbitol and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane in development of nanocomposites of isotactic polypropylene

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 761-779

  Perilla, Jairo E ^a   Lee, Byoung Jo ^b   Jana, Sadhan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Gel; IPP; Nanocomposite; Nucleating agent; POSS; Rheological

Indexed keywords

DIBENZYLIDENE SORBITOL; FIBRILLAR NETWORKS; HOMOGENEOUS STATE; HYDROGEN BONDINGS; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; LOSS MODULI; LOSS TANGENT; NUCLEATING AGENTS; OSCILLATORY FREQUENCY; OSCILLATORY SHEAR RHEOMETRY; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; ROTATIONAL RHEOMETRY; STORAGE MODULI; TERNARY COMPOUNDS;

ALCOHOLS; GELS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PENSION PLANS; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 77954734050     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3439695     Document Type: Article

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