Glass transition behavior and dynamic fragility of PMMA-SAN miscible blend-clay nanocomposites

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2165-2177

  Qazvini, N Taheri ^a   Chehrazi, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

fragility; glass transition; nanocomposites; polymer miscible blends; segmental dynamics

Indexed keywords

BLEND COMPONENTS; CLOISITE; CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIORS; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; DYNAMIC FRAGILITY; FRAGILITY; GLASS TRANSITION BEHAVIOR; INTERCALATED NANOCOMPOSITES; MISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS; NANOCLAY LAYERS; NEGATIVE DEVIATIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; RELAXATION BEHAVIORS; SEGMENTAL DYNAMICS; SEGMENTAL RELAXATION; SPECIFIC INTERACTION; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION REGIONS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DISPERSIONS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ESTERS; GLASS; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAY; POLYMER BLENDS; STYRENE;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 84856523514     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2011.563179     Document Type: Article

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