Flame retardant polyamide 6/nanoclay/intumescent nanocomposite fibers through electrospinning

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1106-1118

  Wu, Hao ^a   Krifa, Mourad ^a   Koo, Joseph H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

nanoclay; nanocomposite fibers; nanofibers; nanoparticles; polyamide; polymer; thermal and flammability properties

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ELECTROSPINNING; FLAMMABILITY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; PLATELETS; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERS; RAYON;

DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; INDIVIDUAL NANOFIBERS; MICROSCALE COMBUSTION CALORIMETERS; NANO CLAYS; NANOCOMPOSITE FIBERS; NANOCOMPOSITE NANOFIBERS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84903720408     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517513515314     Document Type: Article

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