Multiscale micromechanical modeling of the thermal/mechanical properties of polymer/clay nanocomposites

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2006. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 210-217). === Polymer/clay nanocomposites have been observed to exhibit enhanced thermal/mechanical properties at low weight fractions (We) of clay. Continuu...

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Main Author: Sheng, Nuo, 1977-
Other Authors: Mary C. Boyce and David M. Parks.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38264