Enhanced ductility and tensile properties of hybrid montmorillonite/cellulose nanowhiskers reinforced polylactic acid nanocomposites

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3118-3130

  Arjmandi, Reza ^a   Hassan, Azman ^a   Eichhorn, Stephen J ^b   Mohamad Haafiz, M K ^c   Zakaria, Zainoha ^a   Tanjung, Faisal Amri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CLAY MINERALS; DUCTILITY; MICROCRYSTALS; NANOWHISKERS; POLYESTERS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ENHANCED DUCTILITY; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; MICRO-CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; MONTMORILLONITE (MMT); OPTIMUM FORMULATION; POLAR INTERACTIONS; POLY LACTIC ACID; SOLUTION CASTING;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84937348499     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-015-8873-8     Document Type: Article

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