New waterborne polyurethane-based nanocomposites reinforced with low loading levels of chitin whisker

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 362-373

  Huang, J ^a,c,e   Zou, J W ^a   Chang, P R ^b   Yu, J H ^c   Dufresne, A ^d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INP Grenoble EFPG   (France)

^e SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitin whisker; Nanocomposites; Waterborne polyurethane

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952169033     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.35     Document Type: Article

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