Water-assisted production of thermoplastic nanocomposites: A review

Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 72-95

  Karger Kocsis, József ^a   Kmetty, Ákos ^a   Lendvai, László ^a   Drakopoulos, Stavros X ^b   Bárány, Tamás ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Boehmite; Cellulose; Clay; Commodity plastics; engineering thermoplastics; Nanocomposites; Nanofillers; Thermoplastic starch; Water assisted melt compounding

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CLAY; COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); LIQUIDS; MIXING; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BOEHMITE; COMMODITY PLASTICS; ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS; MELT-COMPOUNDING; NANO-FILLERS; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH;

PLASTICS;

EID: 84927658940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma8010072     Document Type: Review

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