Size-dependency consideration of montmorillonite-reinforced nylon-6 via interfacial stiffness

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 601-611

  Lim, T C ^a  

^a SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

clay reinforcement; interface.; nanoplatelets; polymer composite; size dependency

Indexed keywords

CLAY PLATELETS; INTERFACE PROPERTY; INTERFACIAL STIFFNESS; NANO SCALE; NANO-PLATELETS; NANO-SIZED; NYLON-6; POLYMER COMPOSITE; SIZE DEPENDENCY;

CLAY MINERALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYAMIDES; RAYON; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS;

STIFFNESS MATRIX;

EID: 80052337047     PISSN: 08927057     EISSN: 15307980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892705710397450     Document Type: Article

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