Improvement of thermal stability of poly(methyl methacrylate) by incorporation of colloidal TiO2 nanorods

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1377-1381

  Patra, Niranjan ^a,b   Salerno, Marco ^a   Malerba, M ^a   Cozzoli, P Davide ^c   Athanassiou, Athanassia ^c,d  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colloidal TiO2 nanorods; Degradation; Nanocomposites; Oleic acid; Poly(methyl methacrylate); TGA

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL ANATASE; COLLOIDAL TIO; COLLOIDAL TIO2 NANORODS; FILLER LOADING; HEAT DIFFUSIONS; MATRIX; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; TGA; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; THERMAL STABILITY;

DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ESTERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OLEIC ACID; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

NANORODS;

EID: 79957845116     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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