Impact properties and rheological behavior of exfoliated graphite nanoplatelet-filled impact modified polypropylene nanocomposites

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Duguay, Alex J ^a   Kiziltas, Alper ^a,b   Nader, Jacques W ^a   Gardner, Douglas J ^a   Dagher, Habib J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b BARTIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coupling agent; Graphite; Impact properties; Injection molding; Nanocomposite; Rheology

Indexed keywords

COUPLING AGENTS; FILLED POLYMERS; GRAPHITE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMPACT STRENGTH; INJECTION MOLDING; NANOCOMPOSITES; RHEOLOGY;

EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS; FRACTURE INITIATION; IMPACT PROPERTY; MODIFIED POLYPROPYLENE; NOTCHED IMPACT STRENGTH; POLYPROPYLENE-GRAFT-MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

GRAPHITE; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLOW KINETICS; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84893703472     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2307-4     Document Type: Article

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