The impact of nanoclay on the crystal growth kinetics and morphology of biodegradable poly(ethylene succinate) composite

Polymer

Volumn 53, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3602-3612

  Bandyopadhyay, Jayita ^a   Ray, Suprakas Sinha ^a,b   Scriba, Manfred ^a   Malwela, Thomas ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crystal growth kinetic and morphology; Nanocomposite; Poly(ethylene sucinate)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; ISOTHERMS; KINETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL GROWTH KINETIC AND MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTAL GROWTH MECHANISM; INTERCALATED COMPOSITES; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; POLY(ETHYLENE SUCCINATE); POLY(ETHYLENE SUCINATE); SOLVENT CASTING METHOD;

GROWTH KINETICS;

EID: 84863723442     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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