Rheological behavior of polypropylene nanocomposites at low concentration of surface modified carbon nanotubes

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1868-1873

  Thomas, Selvin P ^a   Girei, Salihu Adamu ^a   Atieh, Muataz Ali ^a   De, S K ^a   Al Juhani, Abdulhadi ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILLED POLYMERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOADING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; YARN;

COMPLEX VISCOSITY; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NANOFILLER; POLYMER ENTANGLEMENT; POLYPROPYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES; PROCESSING AIDS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84864855887     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.23143     Document Type: Article

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