Nanofiller aggregation as reinforcing mechanism in nanocomposites

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 894-899

  Dorigato, Andrea ^a   Dzenis, Yuris ^b   Pegoretti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Modelling; Nanocomposites; Nanoparticles; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; FILLERS; HOT PRESSING; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MODELS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOURS; DOG-BONE SPECIMENS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PRIMARY AGGREGATE; REINFORCING MECHANISM; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 80052924200     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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