Nanocomposites of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and montmorillonite (MMT) Brazilian clay: A tribological study

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 570-575

  Brostow, W ^a,b   Dutta, M ^a,d   de Souza, J Ricardo ^a,c   Rusek, P ^b   de Medeiros, A Marcos ^c   Ito, E N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic Friction; Montmorillonite; Nanocomposites; Poly(methyl methacrylate); Wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955894052     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2010.71     Document Type: Article

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