Montmorillonite nanocomposites with electron-beam modified atactic polypropylene

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 200-204

  Thakur, Varun ^a   Leuteritz, Andreas ^a   Gohs, Uwe ^a   Kretzschmar, Bernd ^a   Wagenknecht, Udo ^a   Bhowmick, Anil K ^b   Heinrich, Gert ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Montmorillonite; Nanocomposites; Polypropylene; Thermal stability; X ray powder diffraction

Indexed keywords

AIR ATMOSPHERE; ATACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; DOSE RATE; FT-IR STUDY; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON; MATRIX; MONTMORILLONITE; MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES; NANO CLAYS; NON-POLAR; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; POLAR FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; REACTIVE CONDITION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEM; TEM; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY; XRD;

CLAY MINERALS; DISPERSIONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOPLASTICS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ELECTRONS;

COMPOSITE; ELECTRON; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MONTMORILLONITE; POLYMER; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77955058198     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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