Studies on the oxygen barrier and mechanical properties of low density polyethylene/organoclay nanocomposite films in the presence of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer as a new type of compatibilizer

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1806-1813

  Ali Dadfar, S M ^a   Alemzadeh, I ^a   Reza Dadfar, S M ^a   Vosoughi, M ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

A. Nanoclay; A. Nanocomposite; B. Film

Indexed keywords

A. NANOCOMPOSITE; B. FILM; BARRIER PROPERTIES; CLAY LAYERS; CLAY PLATELETS; D-SPACING; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; HALPIN-TSAI EQUATIONS; LOW DENSITY; NANO CLAYS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILM; OXYGEN BARRIER PROPERTIES; OXYGEN BARRIERS; OXYGEN PERMEATION; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; RHEOLOGICAL TEST; TENSILE TESTS;

ASPECT RATIO; CAPILLARY FLOW; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; FILM PREPARATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXYGEN; POLYVINYL ACETATES; TENSILE TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 79251612987     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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