Effect of carbon nanotubes on the photo-oxidative durability of syndiotactic polypropylene

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1614-1626

  Guadagno, Liberata ^a   Naddeo, Carlo ^a   Raimondo, Marialuigia ^a   Gorrasi, Giuliana ^a   Vittoria, Vittoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite; Nanocomposite photooxidation; Polypropylene carbon nanotubes; sPP MWCNTs

Indexed keywords

CONCOMITANT EFFECTS; DISPERSION DEGREE; NANO-MATERIALS; NANOFILLER; OXIDATIVE DURABILITY; OXYGEN MOLECULE; POLY-PROPYLENE FILM; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMERIC MATRICES; POLYPROPYLENE/CARBON NANOTUBES; SPP/MWCNTS; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION; SYNDIOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; SYNDIOTACTICS; THERMAL STABILITY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON FILMS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXYGEN; PHOTOOXIDATION; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOPLASTICS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77955518351     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.05.030     Document Type: Article

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