Mechanism of the nanoparticle-catalyzed polymerization of furfuryl alcohol and the thermal and mechanical properties of the resulting nanocomposites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1139-1146

  Pranger, Lawrence A ^a   Nunnery, Grady A ^a   Tannenbaum, Rina ^b,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; D. Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SITES; CELLULOSE WHISKERS; CLAY SURFACES; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; FTIR ANALYSIS; FURAN RING; FURFURYL ALCOHOL; HYDROLYTIC RINGS; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; MATRIX MODIFIERS; MECHANICAL TOUGHNESS; NANO CLAYS; NANO-CELLULOSE; ONSET TEMPERATURE; ORGANIC MODIFIER; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; POLYFURFURYL ALCOHOLS; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); RESIDUAL WEIGHT; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; VOLUME LOADINGS;

CATALYSTS; CLAY MINERALS; DEGRADATION; KETONES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERIZATION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84858149839     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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