The role of interfacial interactions on the glass-transition and viscoelastic properties of silica/polystyrene nanocomposite

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1039-1045

  Mortezaei, Mehrzad ^a,b   Famili, Mohammad Hossein Navid ^a   Kokabi, Mehrdad ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

A. Nanoparticles; B. Interfacial strength; B. Interphase; B. Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

A. NANOPARTICLES; ADHESION ENERGY; B. INTERPHASE; B. VISCOELASTICITY; DYNAMIC MODULI; DYNAMIC RHEOMETRY; EQUIVALENT THICKNESS; FILLER NETWORK; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; INTERFACIAL LAYER; INTERFACIAL STRENGTH; MELT STATE; MOLECULAR SIZE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER-FILLER- INTERACTION; POLYMERIC MATRICES; POLYMERIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYSTYRENE MATRIX; SHORT RANGE INTERACTIONS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SOLUTION MIXING; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIC GLASS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TITRATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 79956067321     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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