On nanoclay localization in polypropylene/poly(ethylene terephthalate) blends: Correlation with thermal and mechanical properties

Materials and Design

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-117

  Entezam, Mehdi ^a   Khonakdar, Hossein Ali ^a   Yousefi, Ali Akbar ^a   Jafari, Seyed Hassan ^b   Wagenknecht, Udo ^c   Heinrich, Gert ^c,d  

^a IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Localization; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposite; Poly(ethylene terephthalate); Polypropylene; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BLEND COMPOSITION; BLEND SYSTEM; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DISPERSE PHASE; IMMISCIBLE BLENDS; LOCALIZATION; MATRIX PHASE; MECHANICAL MODEL; NANO CLAYS; NANOCLAY PARTICLES; POLYMER COMPONENTS; PROPERTIES IMPROVEMENTS; TENSILE TESTS; TEREPHTHALATE; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84867828064     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.08.051     Document Type: Article

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