Polymer-grafted Al2O3-nanoparticles for controlled dispersion in poly(ethylene-co-butyl acrylate) nanocomposites

Polymer

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2125-2138

  Wåhlander, Martin ^a   Nilsson, Fritjof ^a,b   Larsson, Emma ^a   Tsai, Wen Chung ^a   Hillborg, Henrik ^a,b   Carlmark, Anna ^a   Gedde, Ulf W ^a   Malmström, Eva ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites of poly(ethylene co butyl acrylate); Simulation of particle dispersion; Surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI ATRP) of aluminum oxide nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DISPERSIONS; ETHYLENE; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERIZATION; SILANES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; BUTYL ACRYLATES; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCES; PARTICLE DISPERSION; POLY(N-BUTYL ACRYLATE); POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; SURFACE INITIATED ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION (SI ATRP);

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84898859798     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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