Development and applications of polyolefin- and rubber-clay nanocomposites

Polymer Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 583-593

  Kato, Makoto ^a   Usuki, Arimitsu ^a   Hasegawa, Naoki ^a   Okamoto, Hirotaka ^a   Kawasumi, Masaya ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

clay mineral; nanocomposite; polyolefin; polyolefin rubber

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE ELASTOMERS; GAS BARRIER PROPERTIES; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; INTERCALATION PROCESS; MATRIX; MELT-COMPOUNDING; NANOMETER LEVEL; ORGANOPHILIC CLAYS; POLAR GROUPS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYOLEFIN NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICATE LAYERS;

COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OLIGOMERS; ORGANOCLAY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE; RUBBER; RUBBER APPLICATIONS; SILICATES; THERMOPLASTICS;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 79960133784     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2011.44     Document Type: Review

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