Self-reinforced polymeric materials: A review

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1288-1310

  Kmetty, Ákos ^a   Bárány, Tamás ^a   Karger Kocsis, József ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Application; Microstructure; Polymers; Processing; Self reinforced; Semicrystalline polymers; Structure property relationships

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROCESSING; REINFORCEMENT;

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; MULTICOMPONENTS; REINFORCING PHASE; SELF REINFORCED; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; SPATIAL ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77957583310     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2010.07.002     Document Type: Review

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