Free volume and mass transport in polymer nanocomposites

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 132-140

  Choudalakis, G ^a   Gotsis, A D ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Free volume; Gas transport; Nanocomposites; Permeability; Positron annihilation; Solubility

Indexed keywords

FREE VOLUME PROPERTIES; GAS TRANSPORT; INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; LIFE-TIMES; MASS TRANSPORT COEFFICIENTS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE;

DIFFUSION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRONS; SOLUBILITY;

FREE VOLUME;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER;

CLAY; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FREE VOLUME; GAS TRANSPORT; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERIZATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFE TIME SPECTROSCOPY; REVIEW; SOLID; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84859939168     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2012.01.004     Document Type: Review

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