Assessing the nanoscale structure of clay epoxy nanocomposites by tuning the physicochemical and processing conditions

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 83-84, Issue , 2013, Pages 244-252

  Soares, Bluma G ^a   Silva, Adriana A ^a   Sollymossy, Ana P ^a   Braga, Ronaldo A ^a   Duchet, Jannick ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical properties; Epoxy prepolymer; Nanocomposites; Organoclay; SAXS; TEM

Indexed keywords

DIGLYCIDYL ETHER OF BISPHENOL-A; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; PREPOLYMERS; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SAXS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

ACETONE; CLAY MINERALS; DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXING; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CURING;

ACETONE; CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; EXOPOLYMER; MONTMORILLONITE; ORGANOCLAY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84885057752     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2013.08.037     Document Type: Article

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