Fire and gas barrier properties of poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) nanocomposites using polycaprolactone/clay nanohybrid based-masterbatch

Research Letters in Materials Science

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Benali, S ^a   Olivier, A ^a   Brocorens, P ^a   Bonnaud, L ^a,b   Alexandre, M ^a,b   Bourbigot, S ^c   Espuche, E ^d   Gouanve, F ^d   Lazzaroni, R ^a,b   Dubois, Ph ^a,b  

^a Academie universitaire Wallonie Bruxelles   (Belgium)

^b MATERIA NOVA RESEARCH CENTER   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLAMMONIUM CATIONS; EXFOLIATED NANOCOMPOSITES; GAS BARRIER PROPERTIES; HYDROXYL FUNCTIONS; INORGANIC CONTENT; POLY(STYRENE-CO-ACRYLONITRILE); SOLID-STATE NMR SPECTROSCOPY; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLENDING; DISPERSIONS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIZATION; POSITIVE IONS; SILICATES; STYRENE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84875146090     PISSN: 16876822     EISSN: 16876830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/394235     Document Type: Article

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