Developing high performance PA 11/cellulose nanocomposites for industrial-scale melt processing

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 174, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Venkatraman, Priya ^a   Gohn, Anne M ^b   Rhoades, Alicyn M ^b   Foster, E Johan ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Crystallization kinetics; Nanocomposites; Polyamides; Processing

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); COMPRESSION MOLDING; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYAMIDES; PROCESSING; STIFFNESS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); HIGH PERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING PROCESS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PRE-MIXING METHOD;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

CELLULOSE; COMPRESSION MOLDING; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXING; POLYAMIDES;

EID: 85067002718     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.106988     Document Type: Article

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