The influence of temperature and interface strength on the microstructure and performance of sol-gel silica-epoxy nanocomposites

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1539-1551

  Nazir, Tanzeela ^a   Afzal, Adeel ^a   Siddiqi, Humaira M ^a   Saeed, Shaukat ^b   Dumon, Michel ^c,d  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Polymer composites; Thermal properties; Thermosetting resins

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC DIAMINES; AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; CROSSLINKED; EPOXY MATRICES; EPOXY POLYMERS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; IN-SITU; INTERFACE STRENGTH; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MUTUAL SOLUBILITY; OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC MATRIX; POLYMER COMPOSITES; PROCESSING TEMPERATURE; SILICA NETWORKS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GELS; GLASS TRANSITION; HYDROLYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; REACTION KINETICS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOSETS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SILICA;

EID: 84855657837     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-011-0495-y     Document Type: Article

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