PMMA-titania nanocomposites: Properties and thermal degradation behaviour

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1325-1333

  Motaung, Tshwafo Elias ^a   Luyt, Adriaan Stephanus ^a   Bondioli, Federica ^b   Messori, Massimo ^b   Saladino, Maria Luisa ^c   Spinella, Alberto ^c   Nasillo, Giorgio ^c   Caponetti, Eugenio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Degradation kinetics; Interfacial interaction; Nanocomposites; PMMA; Properties; Titania

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION KINETICS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; PMMA; PROPERTIES; TITANIA;

CALCINATION; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDE MINERALS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84863723796     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.05.022     Document Type: Article

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