The effect of low temperature air plasma treatment on physico-chemical properties of kaolinite/polyethylene composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 293-299

  Krásný, Ivo ^a   Lapčík, Lubomir ^a,b   Lapčíková, Barbora ^a,b   Greenwood, Richard W ^c   Šafářová, Klára ^b   Rowson, Neil A ^c  

^a TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Particle reinforcement; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Fracture toughness; D. Mechanical testing; D. Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR-PLASMA TREATMENT; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); TENSILE FRACTURE SURFACES;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COUPLING AGENTS; FILLERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; MECHANICAL TESTING; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS;

FILLED POLYMERS;

EID: 84891870460     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

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