Toughening effect of cellulose nanowhiskers on polyvinyl acetate: Fracture toughness and viscoelastic analysis

Polymer Composites

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1492-1498

  Gong, Guan ^a   Mathew, Aji P ^a   Oksman, Kristiina ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE NANOWHISKERS; CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; CREEP BEHAVIORS; FRACTURE TEST; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MATRIX; MOISTURE CONTENTS; PLASTICIZING EFFECTS; REINFORCING EFFECTS; RELAXATION TEMPERATURE; TIME-DEPENDENT; TOUGHENING EFFECTS; VISCOELASTIC ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTIC MODELING;

CELLULOSE; CREEP; CREEP RESISTANCE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; MOISTURE; NANOWHISKERS; POLYVINYL ACETATES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 80052970592     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: 15480569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.21170     Document Type: Article

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