Realizing the enhancement of interfacial interaction in semicrystalline polymer/filler composites via interfacial crystallization

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1425-1455

  Ning, Nanying ^a   Fu, Sirui ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Deng, Hua ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystalline mechanism; Hybrid crystalline structure; Interfacial crystallization; Interfacial enhancement; Interfacial interaction; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION OF POLYMERS; INTERFACIAL ENHANCEMENTS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84865613789     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2011.12.005     Document Type: Review

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