Elongational and shear flow in polymer-clay nanocomposites measured by on-line extensional and off-line shear rheometry

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 937-944

  Kracalik, Milan ^a   Laske, Stephan ^a   Witschnigg, Andreas ^a   Holzer, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clay; Compounding; Elongation flow; Nanocomposites; Polymer; Shear flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555214443     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-011-0545-2     Document Type: Article

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