The effect of a synthetic double layer hydroxide on the rate of II→I phase transformation of poly(1-butene)

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1050-1061

  Marega, C ^a   Causin, V ^a   Neppalli, R ^a   Saini, R ^a   Ferrara, G ^b   Marigo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LyondellBasell Poliolefine Italia SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Perkalite; Poly(1 butene)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053895799     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.103     Document Type: Article

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