A comparative study of polymethylmethacrylate/cellulose nanocomposites prepared by in situ polymerization and ex situ dispersion techniques

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 147-159

  Sain, Sunanda ^a   Bose, Mousumi ^a   Ray, Dipa ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Aniruddha ^a   Sengupta, Suparna ^b   Kar, Tanusree ^c   Ennis, Christopher J ^d   Rahman, Pattanathu K S M ^d   Misra, Manjusri ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b CALCUTTA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT   (India)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

^d TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanoparticles; glass transition temperature; suspension polymerization; thermogravimetric analysis; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACID HYDROLYSIS; AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; DISPERSION TECHNIQUE; DISPERSITY; EX SITU; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; METHYL METHACRYLATES; NANO-CELLULOSE; NETWORK STRUCTURES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDIES; SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD; SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLULOSE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSIONS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FILLERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS TRANSITION; GRANULATION; JUTE FIBERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYESTERS; POLYMERIZATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FILM PREPARATION;

CALORIMETRY; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; FILLERS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; GRANULATION; GRAVIMETRY; JUTE; POLYESTERS; POLYMERIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84872101485     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684412449699     Document Type: Article

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