Thermal, oxygen barrier and mechanical properties of polylactide-organoclay nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-53

  Yourdkhani, Mostafa ^a   Mousavand, Tahereh ^a   Chapleau, Nathalie ^b   Hubert, Pascal ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. Organoclay; A. Polylactide; B. Fracture toughness; B. Mechanical properties; D. Oxygen permeability

Indexed keywords

CLAY CONCENTRATION; CLAY DISPERSION; DISPERSION QUALITY; MELT INTERCALATION; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN BARRIERS; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; POLY LACTIDE;

CONTACT ANGLE; DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANOCLAY; OXYGEN; OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; POLYESTERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84877355768     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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