Orientation Effect of Clay Platelets in Transfer Molded Polymer Nanocomposites

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 964-973

  Fan, Ying ^a   Lu, Yuebin C ^b   Lu, Ying ^a   Zhang, Xinghua ^a   Lou, Jianjun ^a   Tang, Chengchun ^a   Wood, Jeffrey T ^c   Shinozaki, Douglas M ^c  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Orientation; Platelets; Polyethylene; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

HIGH ASPECT RATIO; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; ORIENTATION EFFECT; POLYETHYLENE LAMELLAE; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SHAPED NANOPARTICLES; SHEAR BAND FORMATION; WIDE ANGLE XRAY DIFFRACTION;

ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MOLDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENES; SHEAR STRESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PLATELETS;

EID: 84880943812     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2013.763369     Document Type: Article

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