Effect of nanosilica and polyphosphazene elastomer on the in situ fibrillation of liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) and thermo-mechanical properties of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)/LCP blend system

Materials and Design

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 184-191

  Hatui, Goutam ^a   Sahoo, Sumanta ^a   Kumar Das, Chapal ^a   Saxena, A K ^b   Basu, Tanya ^c   Yue, C Y ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DEFENCE MATERIALS AND STORES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEND SYSTEM; BRIDGING EFFECTS; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELONGATION AT BREAK; IN-SITU; MELT BLENDING; NANO-SILICA; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERIC PHASIS; POLYPHOSPHAZENES; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES; YOUNG MODULUS;

BLENDING; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84862519554     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.05.052     Document Type: Article

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