A new possibility for microstructural investigation of clay-based polymer nanocomposite by focused ion beam tomography

Polymer

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3966-3970

  Ray, Suprakas Sinha ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

FIB tomography; Microstructure; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

FOCUSED ION BEAMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; TOMOGRAPHY;

DEGREE OF DISPERSION; FOCUSED ION BEAM TOMOGRAPHIES; HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPUTER CONTROL; DISPERSION; ION EXCHANGE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER BLEND;

EID: 77955319747     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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