Crystal structure transformation and induction of shear banding in Polyamide 11 by surface modified Cellulose Nanocrystals

Polymer

Volumn 114, Issue , 2017, Pages 88-102

  Peng, Shane X ^a   Shrestha, Shikha ^a   Youngblood, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annealing; Cellulose Nanocrystal; Crystalline structure; Plasticizer; Polyamide; Shear bands; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; ELASTIC MODULI; FATTY ACIDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYAMIDES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHEAR BANDS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE TRANSFORMATION; CRYSTAL TRANSFORMATION; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; SURFACE-MODIFIED; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TESTING;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ANNEALING; BANDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTIC STRENGTH; MELTING POINT; POLYAMIDES;

EID: 85014410244     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.02.081     Document Type: Article

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