Morphology studies of nanodust generated from polyurethane/nanoclay nanofoams following mechanical fracture

Journal of Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-9

  Sachse, Sophia ^a   Irfan, Adeel ^a   Zhu, Huijun ^a   Njuguna, James ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generated nanoparticles; Layered silicates; Nanodust; Polyurethane nano foam

Indexed keywords

DROP-WEIGHT IMPACT TESTING; DUST PARTICLE; GENERATED NANOPARTICLES; HYBRID PARTICLES; LAYERED SILICATES; NANO-FOAM; NANODUST; NANOFOAMS; NANOMATERIAL; NEW DIMENSIONS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERIC MATRICES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FRACTURE TESTING; IMPACT TESTING; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 79958761659     PISSN: 17904439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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