Determination of structural changes of dispersed clay platelets in a polymer blend during solid-state rheological property measurement by small-angle X-ray scattering

Polymer

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2628-2642

  Bandyopadhyay, Jayita ^a   Sinha Ray, Suprakas ^a,b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blend composites; Small angle X ray scattering; Solid state rheology

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; GLASS TRANSITION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLATELETS; POLYMER BLENDS;

COMPOSITE FORMATION; DEGREE OF ANISOTROPY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYZER; ORIENTATION ANGLES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE SWEEPS; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; WEIGHT PERCENTAGES;

X RAY SCATTERING;

EID: 79956368738     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.03.059     Document Type: Article

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