Crystallization and melting behavior of nanoclay-containing polypropylene/poly(trimethylene terephthalate) blends

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-158

  Jafari, S H ^a   Kalati vahid, A ^a   Khonakdar, H A ^b   Asadinezhad, A ^c   Wagenknecht, U ^d   Jehnichen, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Nanocomposites; Poly(trimethylene terephthalate); Polymer blends; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755188999     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.16     Document Type: Article

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