Relaxation phenomena in chitosan-carbon nanotube bionanocomposites

Journal of Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-67

  Perez, C ^a   Prokhorov, E ^a   Luna Barcenas G ^a   Gonzalez Campos J B ^b   Sanchez, I C ^c   Gonzalez Hernandez, J ^d   Mendoza Duarte, M E ^d   Villasenor Ortega F ^e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIONANOCOMPOSITES; CHITOSAN FILM; DISORDERED STRUCTURES; DRY MATERIALS; DYNAMICAL MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FILM DEGRADATION; HOPPING MOTIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE RELAXATION; RECIPROCAL TEMPERATURE; RELAXATION PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TEMPERATURE REGIONS; THERMAL RELAXATION; VOGEL-FULCHER-TAMMANN DEPENDENCES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON FILMS; CHITOSAN; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; WATER CONTENT;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 80855148129     PISSN: 17904439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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