Tunable shape recovery of polymeric nano-composites

Materials Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3583-3585

  Luo, Hongsheng ^a   Hu, Jinlian ^a   Zhu, Yong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cellulose nano whiskers; Nano composites; Shape memory polyurethane; Tunable shape recovery

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOWHISKERS; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; RECOVERY; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

CELLULOSE NANO WHISKERS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY (SEM); SHAPE MEMORY BEHAVIOR; SHAPE MEMORY POLYURETHANE; SHAPE RECOVERY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 80052036120     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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