Melt rheology of nanocomposites based on acrylic copolymer and cellulose whiskers

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 818-827

  Mabrouk, Ayman Ben ^a   Magnin, Albert ^c   Belgacem, Mohamed Naceur ^b   Boufi, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b INP Grenoble EFPG   (France)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

A. Coupling agents; A. Nano composites; C. Complex moduli; D. Rheology

Indexed keywords

A. COUPLING AGENTS; A. NANO COMPOSITES; ACRYLIC CO-POLYMERS; C. COMPLEX MODULI; CELLULOSE WHISKERS; D. RHEOLOGY; DYNAMIC VISCOSITIES; IN-SITU; MELT RHEOLOGY; MINI-EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; NANOFILLER; NANOSIZE FILLERS; NON-LINEAR; POLYMER-FILLER; RESULTING MATERIALS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; SHEAR CONDITIONS; SHEAR THINNING; STORAGE MODULI; TRIETHOXYSILANE; WHISKER CONTENT;

CELLULOSE; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; COUPLING AGENTS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; LOADING; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SILANES; STORAGE (MATERIALS); STYRENE; VISCOSITY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 79953090084     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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