Structure-reinforcement correlation and chain dynamics in graphene oxide and Laponite-filled epoxy nanocomposites

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 7458-7472

  Chouhan, Devesh K ^a   Rath, Sangram K ^b   Kumar, Arvind ^a   Alegaonkar, P S ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^c   Harikrishnan, G ^c   Patro, T Umasankar ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NAVAL MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; FILLERS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTURE; GLASS TRANSITION; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SCATTERING;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS MEASUREMENTS; MODE-I FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; RELAXATION MECHANISM; STRUCTURE REINFORCEMENT; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WIDE ANGLE XRAY DIFFRACTION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84940460554     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-015-9305-5     Document Type: Article

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