Spinning, drawing and physical properties of polypropylene nanocomposite fibers with fumed nanosilica

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 277-290

  Dabrowska, I ^a,b   Fambri, L ^a,b   Pegoretti, A ^a,b   Slouf, M ^c   Vackova, T ^c   Kolarik, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INTERUNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTM   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Drawing; Fibers; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CREEP RESISTANCE; CRYSTALLINITY; DRAWING (GRAPHICS); FIBERS; FILLERS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELT SPINNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYPROPYLENES; SILICA; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

INDUCED ORIENTATION; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NANOCOMPOSITE FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENE MATRICES; POLYPROPYLENE NANOCOMPOSITE FIBERS; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 84922019594     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2015.25     Document Type: Article

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