The role of interfacial interactions in the toughening of precipitated calcium carbonate-polypropylene nanocomposites

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 17, Issue 5-7, 2010, Pages 533-549

  Cioni, B ^a   Lazzeri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

coating; Filler toughening; interphase; nanocomposite; surface modification

Indexed keywords

COATED PARTICLES; IMPACT BEHAVIOUR; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; INTERPHASE; INTERPHASE PROPERTIES; LOW DEGREE; LOW MOBILITY; MATRIX; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PARTICLE DEBONDING; PARTICULATE FILLERS; POLYMERIC CHAIN; POLYMERIC MATRICES; POLYPROPYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES; PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEMIEMPIRICAL EQUATION; SURFACE MODIFICATION; WEIGHT RATIOS;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COATINGS; FILLERS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONOLAYERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEARIC ACID; STIFFNESS MATRIX; THERMOPLASTICS; YIELD STRESS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77955697576     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/092764410X513486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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