A novel montmorillonite with β-nucleating surface for enhancing β-crystallization of isotactic polypropylene

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Dai, Xin ^a,b   Zhang, Zishou ^a,b   Wang, Chunguang ^a,b   Ding, Qian ^a,b   Jiang, Juan ^a,b   Mai, Kancheng ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Thermal properties; D. Optical microscopy Physical methods of analysis; E. Surface treatments

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; E. SURFACE TREATMENT; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; MONTMORILLONITE (MMT); PHYSICAL METHODS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS);

CLAY MINERALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84874900864     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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