Interfacial interactions and segmental dynamics of poly(vinyl acetate)/silica nanocomposites

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 12956-12966

  Lin, Yu ^a   Liu, Langping ^a   Xu, Gangmin ^a   Zhang, Dongge ^a   Guan, Aiguo ^a   Wu, Guozhang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CHEMICAL RELAXATION; COPOLYMERS; DYNAMICS; FILLED POLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SILICA; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

APPARENT GLASS TRANSITION; BROAD-BAND DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; DIELECTRIC STRENGTHS; HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS; HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; POLY(VINYL ACETATE) (PVAC); SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 84931281725     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01240     Document Type: Article

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