Nanocomposite films with enhanced radiometric properties for greenhouse covering applications

Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 336-350

  Espejo, Cayetano ^a   Arribas, Alejandro ^a   Monzó, Fuensanta ^a   Díez, Pedro Pablo ^b  

^a Centro Tecnológico Del Calzado y Del Plástico   (Spain)

^b POLIGONO IND SAPRELORCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

degradation; Ethylene butyl acrylate copolymer (EBA); infrared efficiency; mechanical properties; nanooxide; polyethylene (PE); UV Vis spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION; BUTYL ACRYLATES; COROTATING TWIN-SCREW EXTRUDERS; DEGRADATION RATE; ELONGATION AT BREAK; NANO-OXIDES; NANOADDITIVES; PHOTO-AGING; POLYETHYLENE FILM; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER MATRICES; TITANIA; TRANSPARENT FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET DEGRADATION; ULTRAVIOLET STABILITY; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDE MINERALS; POLYETHYLENES; SHIELDING; SILICA; SILICON OXIDES; STABILITY; THERMOPLASTICS; THICK FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSPARENCY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84869456895     PISSN: 87560879     EISSN: 15308014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/8756087912439058     Document Type: Article

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