The free volume in acrylic resin/laponite nanocomposite coatings

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-272

  Choudalakis, G ^a   Gotsis, A D ^a   Schut, H ^b   Picken, S J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coating; Free volume; Gas permeability; Nanocomposite; Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CO2 GAS; DOPPLER LINES; FREE VOLUME PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NANO CLAYS; NANO-COMPOSITE COATING; PARTICLE LOADING; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; RELATIVE INTENSITY; SHAPE PARAMETERS;

COATINGS; ELECTRONS; FREE VOLUME; NANOCOMPOSITES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 79951812819     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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