Quantitative mapping of mechanical properties in polylactic acid/natural rubber/organoclay bionanocomposites as revealed by nanoindentation with atomic force microscopy

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-39

  Martinez Tong D E ^a   Najar, A S ^b   Soccio, M ^a,b   Nogales, A ^a   Bitinis, N ^c   Lopez Manchado M A ^c   Ezquerra, T A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Nano composites; A. Particle reinforced composites; B. Mechanical Properties; D. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

Indexed keywords

BIONANOCOMPOSITES; POLY LACTIC ACID; QUANTITATIVE MAPPING;

EID: 84907507334     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.08.030     Document Type: Article

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