Fracture behavior and optical properties of melt compounded semi-transparent polycarbonate (PC)/alumina nanocomposites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1903-1909

  Chandra, Alexander ^a   Turng, Lih Sheng ^a   Li, Ke ^b   Huang, Han Xiong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Optical properties techniques; D. Fractography; E. Surface treatments

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; B. OPTICAL PROPERTIES/TECHNIQUES; D. FRACTOGRAPHY; DISSIPATION BEHAVIOR; E. SURFACE TREATMENT; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; HIGH INTENSITY; LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MATRIX; MELT-COMPOUNDING; MULTI-LEVEL; SEMI-TRANSPARENT; STYRENE-MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; WELL-DISPERSED;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); DISPERSIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; STYRENE;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 80055065610     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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