The effect of encapsulation of nano zinc oxide with silica on the UV resistance of polypropylene

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1375-1382

  Wen, Bin ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Xu, Xinfeng ^a   Ding, Yanfen ^a   Zhang, Shimin ^a   Yang, Mingshu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Core shell structure; Polypropylene; SiO2; UV stabilizer; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING TEST; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; EFFECT OF ENCAPSULATION; MATRIX; NANO ZINC OXIDE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PP NANOCOMPOSITE; SILICA SHELL; SIO2; UV RESISTANCE; UV STABILITY; UV STABILIZER; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO PARTICLES;

ENCAPSULATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS; ZINC OXIDE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 80052831437     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2011.578293     Document Type: Article

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