Polymer nanocomposites with nanorods having different length distributions

Polymer

Volumn 110, Issue , 2017, Pages 284-291

  Sapkota, Janak ^a   Shirole, Anuja ^a   Foster, E Johan ^a,b   Martinez Garcia, Julio Cesar ^a   Lattuada, Marco ^a   Weder, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocomposites; Cellulose nanocrystals; Multifiller composites; Synergistic reinforcement

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; SOLVENTS;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; ROD-LIKE PARTICLES; THEORETICAL MODELING;

ASPECT RATIO;

COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 85008462109     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.12.010     Document Type: Article

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