Preparation, structure and thermal properties of polylactide/sepiolite nanocomposites with and without organic modifiers

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1508-1514

  Liu, Meitang ^a   Pu, Minfeng ^a   Ma, Hongwen ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

A. Nanocomposites; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Thermal properties; C. Modelling; D. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ORGANIC MODIFIER; POLY LACTIDE; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; WELL-DISPERSED;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864413914     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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