Effect of spherical nanoparticles on the motion of macromolecular chains and segments of isotactic polypropylene. I. Dynamic mechanical and thermal properties

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 870-885

  Gong, Guan ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Yang, Mingbo ^a   Wu, Jingshen ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

chain mobility; dynamic mechanical properties; nanocomposites; nonisothermal crystallization; nucleation activity

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASE; CHAIN MOBILITY; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; FILLER CONTENTS; FILLER LOADING; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INHOMOGENEITIES; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; MACROMOLECULAR CHAIN; MATRIX; MELTING PEAK; NANO-CACO; NANOPARICLES; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATING SITES; NUCLEATION ACTIVITY; NUCLEATION EFFECT; NUCLEATION EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SPATIAL CONFINEMENT; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; FILLERS; GLASS; ISOTHERMS; MACROMOLECULES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEATION; POLYPROPYLENES; SPHERES; STEARIC ACID; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASTICS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 77955610852     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222341003600731     Document Type: Article

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