JOURNAL OF POLYMER ENGINEERING

 

Vol. 26, Nos. 8 - 9, 2006

 

Special Issue Based on Papers Presented at the International Workshop on Polymer Nanocomposites: Recent Developments and Applications

 

CONTENTS

 

From the desk of the guest editors ........... i

 

Quantitative Characterization of Exfoliation in Polyamide-6/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites

V.A. Mollet and M.R. Kamal .......... 757

 

Effect of the Coupling Agent on the Properties of PNC-Based Wood/Plastic Composites

S.-K. Yeh, A. Al-Mulla, and R.K. Gupta ......... 783

 

Morphological and Mechanical Characterisation of HDPE-EVA Nanocomposites

R.K. Gupta, R. Prasad, D.S. Chaudhary, M.R. Kamal, and S.N. Bhattacharya .................. 805

 

Factors Influencing the Structure and Properties of Nanocomposites Derived by Sol-Gel Technique

A. Bandyopadhyay and A.K. Bhowmick ............. 821

 

Ionomer-Clay Nanocomposites Via Melt Processing

Y. Gao, N.R. Choudhury, and N. Dutta ................. 853

 

The Relations Between Structure and Mechanical Properties of Poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate)/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites

S.S. Ray and M. Bousmina ................. 885

 

Viscoelastic Studies on Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposites Using a Nano-Hardness Tester

I. Rivera, D. Martin, and R. Truss ................. 903

 

Direct Melt Intercalation of Polymer Chains into Nano-Galleries: Interdigitated Layer Structure and Interlayer Expansion

O. Yoshida and M. Okamoto ............. 919

 

Study of the Dispersion Capability of an In-Situ Bubble Stretching Method Used for Preparing Polymer Nanocomposites

D. Wu, X. Zheng, Q. Meng, and F. Zhu .................. 941

 

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