Morphology, mechanical properties and thermal degradation kinetics of PMMA-zirconia nanocomposites prepared by melt compounding

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 871-881

  Motaung, T E ^a   Luyt, A S ^a   Saladino, M L ^b   Martino, D C ^b   Caponetti, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical analysis; Morphology; Nanocomposites; PMMA; Thermal degradation; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

DIPOLAR INTERACTION; FTIR; HETERONUCLEAR; HYDROGEN NUCLEI; LOSS MODULI; MELT-COMPOUNDING; PLASTICIZATION EFFECTS; PMMA; PMMA MATRICES; THERMAL DEGRADATION KINETICS; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WELL-DISPERSED; ZIRCONIA NANOPARTICLES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DEGRADATION; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ESTERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PYROLYSIS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ZIRCONIA;

EID: 84866099224     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.93     Document Type: Article

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