AFM probing of polymer/nanofiller interfacial adhesion and its correlation with bulk mechanical properties in a poly(ethylene terephthalate) nanocomposite

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 12950-12959

  Aoyama, Shigeru ^a,d   Park, Yong Tae ^a,e   MacOsko, Christopher W ^a   Ougizawa, Toshiaki ^c   Haugstad, Greg ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TORAY INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

^e Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM; BULK MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS;

EID: 84908576913     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la502553q     Document Type: Article

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