Modeling the stiffness of polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites: More accurate predictions with consideration of exfoliation ratio as a function of filler content

Polymer Testing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 408-414

  Zare Shahabadi, Abolfazl ^a   Shokuhfar, Ali ^a   Ebrahimi Nejad, Salman ^a   Arjmand, Mehrdad ^a   Termeh, Mahdie ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Exfoliation ratio function; Layered silicates; Micromechanics; Nanocomposites; Stiffness modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; EXFOLIATION RATIO FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILLER CONCENTRATION; FILLER CONTENTS; HALPIN-TSAI MODEL; LAYERED SILICATE; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; NON-LINEARITY; POLYMER/LAYERED SILICATES; STIFFNESS MODELING;

FILLERS; FORECASTING; MICROMECHANICS; SILICATES; STIFFNESS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 79952994256     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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