Effect of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) particle morphology on dispersion and rheological and mechanical properties of polypropylene/CNC nanocomposites

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8146-8157

  Khoshkava, Vahid ^a   Kamal, Musa R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs); melt dispersion; percolation; polymer nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DISPERSIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; SOLVENTS; YIELD STRESS;

CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); MELT DISPERSION; NONLINEAR VISCO-ELASTIC; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; RHEOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

AGGLOMERATION; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DISPERSIONS; POLYPROPYLENE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84902436742     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500577e     Document Type: Article

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