Thermophysical and rheological behavior of polystyrene/silica nanocomposites: Investigation of nanoparticle content

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 4537-4542

  Vaziri, Hossein Salehi ^a   Omaraei, Iraj Amiri ^a   Abadyan, Mohamadreza ^b   Mortezaei, Mehrzad ^c   Yousefi, Nariman ^d  

^a MALEK ASHTAR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Polymer matrix composites; Thermal

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYZERS; HIGH FILLER; LOW-TO-HIGH; MATRIX; MELT STATE; MOLTEN POLYMERS; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NANO-SILICA; NANOPARTICLE LOADINGS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SHEAR RATES; SOLVENT BLENDING; THERMAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS; THERMOPHYSICAL; THERMOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

BLENDING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; LOADING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 79957868112     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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