Crystallization and melting behaviors of polypropylene admixed by graphene and β-phase nucleating agent

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 923-933

  Dai, Jian ^a   Shen, Ying ^a   Yang, Jing Hui ^a   Huang, Ting ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Wang, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Graphene; Melting; PP; phase nucleating agent

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAPHENE; MELTING;

CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; MELTING BEHAVIOR; NUCLEATING AGENTS; NUCLEATING EFFECT; NUCLEATION EFFICIENCY; SHEET STRUCTURE; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

POLYPROPYLENES;

AMIDE; GRAPHENE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ACCELERATION; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; MELTING POINT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84898875911     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-013-3141-4     Document Type: Article

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