Thermal degradation of Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O 3/poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites as a function of ceramic grain size and concentration

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 757-763

  Mendes, Sérgio Firmino ^a   Costa, Carlos Miguel ^a   Sencadas, Vitor ^a   Pereira, Mário ^a   Wu, Aiying ^b   Vilarinho, Paula Maria ^b   Gregorio Jr , Rinaldo ^c   Lanceros Méndez, Senentxu ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^d INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Functional composites; Polymer matrix composites; Smart materials; Thermal properties; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; FILLER CONCENTRATION; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; INORGANIC PARTICLES; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); POLYMER DEGRADATION; THERMAL DEGRADATION PROPERTIES; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DEGRADATION; FILLED POLYMERS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; LEAD; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VOLUME FRACTION; ZIRCONIUM;

FILLERS;

EID: 84892972970     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-012-2918-x     Document Type: Article

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