A new epoxy-based layered silicate nanocomposite using a hyperbranched polymer: Study of the curing reaction and nanostructure development

Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1830-1849

  Cortés, Pilar ^a   Fraga, Iria ^b   Calventus, Yolanda ^a   Román, Frida ^a   Hutchinson, John M ^a   Ferrando, Francesc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Paseo Sant Joan Bosco   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Epoxy; Exfoliation; Hyperbranched polymer (HBP); Impact energy; Layered silicate; Montmorillonite; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; CROSSLINKING; CURING; DENDRIMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EPOXY RESINS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; IMPACT TESTING; ISOTHERMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYETHYLENES; REACTION KINETICS; RESINS; SILICATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EPOXY; EXFOLIATION; HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS; IMPACT ENERGY; LAYERED SILICATE;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84897103124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma7031830     Document Type: Article

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