Microwave assisted in situ ring-opening polymerization of polylactide/clay nanocomposites: Effect of clay loading

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-73

  Singla, Pankil ^a   Mehta, Rajeev ^a   Upadhyay, S N ^b  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Clay nanocomposites; Monomode microwave; Poly (lactic acid); Ring opening polymerization

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITES; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYMER-CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERIZATION OF LACTIDE; POLYMERIZATION RATES; TEM (TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY); XRD (X RAY DIFFRACTION);

LOADING;

CLAY MINERAL; COMPOSITE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84902106241     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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