A high-resolution solid-state NMR study on starch-clay nanocomposites and the effect of aging on clay dispersion

Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 689-695

  Zhang, Xiaoqing ^a   Dean, Katherine ^a   Burgar, Iko M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

aging effect; exfoliation; solid state NMR; starch clay nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATED STRUCTURE; AGING EFFECTS; AVERAGE DISTANCE; BULK ANALYSIS; CLAY DISPERSION; CLAY EXFOLIATION; CLAY PLATELETS; DRIVING FORCES; HIGH RESOLUTION; MATRIX; MINIMAL EFFECTS; NANO CLAYS; SOLID STATE NMR; SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STARCH COMPOSITES; STARCH-CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES;

BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; DISPERSIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLATELETS; RESONANCE; SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

STARCH;

EID: 77955447558     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2010.48     Document Type: Article

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