Toughening polymer adhesives using nanosized elastomeric particles

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 665-674

  Meng, Qingshi ^a   Araby, Sherif ^a   Saber, Nasser ^a   Kuan, Hsu Chiang ^b   Dai, Jiabin ^a   Luong, Lee ^a   Ma, Jun ^a   Wang, Chun H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adhesive; fracture toughness; nanostructure

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; MICROMETERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SHEAR FLOW;

ADHESIVE THICKNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; MATRIX DUCTILITY; MICROMETER SIZED PARTICLES; NANO-SIZED PARTICLES; POLYMER ADHESIVES; POLYMERIC ADHESIVE; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84900033970     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.34     Document Type: Article

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