In situ fibrillation of CO2-philic polymers: Sustainable route to polymer foams in a continuous process

Polymer

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 4645-4652

  Rizvi, Ali ^a   Tabatabaei, Alireza ^a   Barzegari, M Reza ^a   Mahmood, S Hassan ^a   Park, Chul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibrillar blend; Foam; Rheology

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOAMS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN HARDENING;

CONTINUOUS PROCESS; HARDENING BEHAVIOURS; OSCILLATORY SHEAR; PHYSICAL NETWORK; SITU FIBRILLATION; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; UNIAXIAL EXTENSIONAL FLOW; VOLUME EXPANSION RATIO;

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

EID: 84880923840     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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