Effects of organically modified nanoclay on cellular morphology, tensile properties, and dimensional stability of flexible polyurethane foams

Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jahanmardi, Reza ^a   Kangarlou, Behrad ^a   Dibazar, Arash Ranjbarzadeh ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cellular morphology; Compression set; Nanocomposite foam

Indexed keywords

EID: 85135231624     PISSN: 20089244     EISSN: 21938865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-8865-3-82     Document Type: Article

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