Synthesis and characterization of PMMA/organomodified montmorillonite nanocomposites prepared by in situ bulk polymerization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 571-579

  Nikolaidis, Alexandros K ^a   Achilias, Dimitris S ^a   Karayannidis, George P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; CLOISITE; ELONGATION AT BREAK; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU; MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFILLER; ORGANIC MODIFIER; ORGANO-MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITES; POLYMERIZATION KINETICS; SEM; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; TEM; TENSILE MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL STABILITY; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CLAY MINERALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERS; GELS; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 78049465439     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100186a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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