Reinforcement of transparent ethylene-co-vinyl acetate rubber by nanocrystalline cellulose

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-56

  Ma, Piming ^a   Jiang, Long ^a   Hoch, Martin ^b   Dong, Weifu ^a   Chen, Mingqing ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANXESS Chemical (Shanghai) Co   (China)

Author keywords

Keywords Ethylene co vinyl acetate Nanocrystalline cellulose Nanocomposites Reinforcement Morphology

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; RUBBER; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE-CO-VINYL ACETATES; ITS APPLICATIONS; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; SOLUTION MIXING; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

CELLULOSE; PEROXIDES; PYROLYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; RUBBER;

EID: 84922568911     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2015.01.037     Document Type: Article

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