Effect of nanoclay content on the structural, thermal properties and thermal degradation kinetics of PMMA/organoclay nanocomposites

International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-44

  Kumar, Vijay ^a   Kumar, Manish ^a   Pugazhenthi, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Nanocomposites; Organoclay; PMMA; Poly (methyl methacrylate); TGA; Thermal stability; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; BLENDING; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS TRANSITION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; FRIEDMAN MODEL; ORGANOCLAY CONTENT; PMMA; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); SOLVENT BLENDING; THERMAL DEGRADATION KINETICS;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

NANOCLAY; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; ORGANOCLAY; STRETCHING; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84902013528     PISSN: 17528933     EISSN: 17528941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNBM.2014.061809     Document Type: Article

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