Mechanical and water resistance properties of chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) films reinforced with attapulgite dispersed by high-pressure homogenization

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 210, Issue , 2012, Pages 166-172

  Huang, Dajian ^a,b   Wang, Wenbo ^a   Xu, Jixiang ^a,b   Wang, Aiqin ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Attapulgite; High pressure homogenization; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Water resistance

Indexed keywords

ATTAPULGITES; DISPERSION DEGREE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATION; SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD; VINYLALCOHOL; WATER RESISTANCE PROPERTIES; WATER-RESISTANCES;

ASPECT RATIO; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FILLERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84866542661     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.08.096     Document Type: Article

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