Preface
P. Dubois
Styrenics/Polyamide-Blends - Reactive Blending and Properties
Martin Weber*, Walter Heckmann, Andreas Goeldel .............. 1
Recent Developments for EPDM-Based Thermoplastic Vulcanisates
Martin van Duin
Brittle-Ductile Transition in Reactive PBT/SAN Blends
Saisamorn Lumlong, Keiichi Kuboyama, Tsuneo Chiba,
Toshiaki Ougizawa ........................................... 17
Nanostructured Composites with Layered Morphology:
Structure and Properties
Rameshwar Adhikari*, Sven Henning, Goerg H. Michler ......... 26
Kinetics of Temperature-induced and Reaction-induced Phase
Separation Studied by Modulated Temperature DSC
Ronny Pieters, Hans E. Miltner, Guy Van Assche, Bruno
Van Mele* ................................................... 36
Mechanical Properties and Hysteresis Behaviour of
Multigraft Copolymers
U. Staudinger, R. Weidisch*, Y. Zhu, S. P. Gido,
D. Uhrig, J. W. Mays, H. Iatrou, N. Hadjichristidis ......... 42
Rheology and Morphology of Highly Compatibilized
Polymer Blends
Ellen Van Hemelrijck, Peter Van Puyvelde*,
Paula Moldenaers ............................................ 51
Reaction and Morphology Development Influenced by
Diffusion in a Thermoplastic/Thermoset Blend
Redha Bella,Philippe Cassagnau, Françoise Fenouillot* ....... 59
Influence of Phase Separation Behaviour on Toughness of
Compression Moulded SBS Star Block Copolymer/Polystyrene
Blends
M. Buschnakowski, R. Adhikari, S. Ilisch, V.
Seydewitz, R. Godehardt, W. Lebek, G. H. Michler*,
K. Knoll, C. Schade ......................................... 66
Mechanical and Rheological Behavior of Unvulcanized and
Dynamically Vulcanized i-PP/EPDM Blends
Eduard Prut*, Tatiana Medintseva, Vadim Drevat ............. 78
The Effect of the Compatibilization Route of PA/PO Blends
on the Physico-chemical Phenomena Developing Along a
Twin-screw Extruder
Ana Vera Machado*, Virginie Yquel, José Antonio Covas,
Jean-Jacques Flat, Nessim Ghamri, Andreas Wollny ............ 86
Conducting Elastomer Blends Based on Nitrile Rubber and
Pani. DBSA
Bluma G. Soares*, Gabriel S. Amorim, Marcia G. Oliveira,
J.E. Pereira da Silva ....................................... 95
Novel Hierarchic Structures in Polymer Blends
Gavin A. Buxton, Nigel Clarke .............................. 102
Hydrophilicity Impact upon Physical Properties of the
Environmentally Friendly Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Blends:
Modification Via Blending
Alexey L. Iordanskii, Anatoliy A. Ol'khov, Yulia N.
Pankova, Anton P. Bonartsev, Carina A. Bonartseva,
Vladimir O. Popov .......................................... 108
Thermo-mechanical Properties of In-situ Silica Filled
Silicone Resins
Pierre Chevalier,* Duan-Li Ou, Yeong Lee, Steven Robson,
Anne Dupont ................................................ 117
Polypropylene/Nylon-66/Carbon Black Blends Processed at
Temperatures Just Below the Nylon Melting: Anisotropy in
Structure and Properties
Janet Zoldan, Arnon Siegmann,* Moshe Narkis ................ 123
Waxy Maize Starch Nanocrystals as Filler in Natural Rubber
Hélène Angellier, Sonia Molina-Boisseau, Alain Dufresne* ... 132
Influence of the Curing Temperature in the Mechanical and
Thermal Properties of Nanosilica Filled Epoxy Resin Coating
Verónica Pascual-Sánchez, José Miguel Martín-Martínez * .... 137
Role of Polyelectrolytes in Crystallogenesis of Calcium
Carbonate
Amane Jada*, Khalil Jradi .................................. 147
Microstructure of Nanocomposites of Styrenic Polymers
Danilo Justino Carastan, Nicole Raymonde Demarquette* ...... 152
Mechanical Properties and Morphology of Melt-mixed PA6/SWNT
Composites: Effect of Reactive Coupling
Arup R. Bhattacharyya*, Petra Pötschke ..................... 161
Novel Copolymers as Dispersants/Intercalants/ Exfoliants
for Polypropylene-Clay Nanocomposites
Graeme Moad*, Katherine Dean, Lex Edmond, Natalia
Kukaleva, Guoxin Li, Roshan T.A. Mayadunne, Rudolf
Pfaendner, Armin Schneider, George Simon, Hendrik
Wermter .................................................... 170
Polymer Nanocomposites: How to Reach low Flammability?
Serge Bourbigot*, Sophie Duquesne, Charaf Jama ............. 180
Optimization of Biodegradable Nanocomposites Based on
aPLA/PCL Blends for Food Packaging Applications
Lluís Cabedo, José Luis Feijoo, María Pilar Villanueva,
José María Lagarón, Enrique Giménez* ....................... 191
Development of PVC/Silica Hybrids Using PVC Plastisols
Marianne Gilbert,* Siavash Haghighat, Soo Keow Chua,
Soo Yeng Ng ................................................ 198
Influence of the Nanoscale Morphology on the Photovoltaic
Properties of Fullerene/MEH-PPV Composites
Joël Davenas,* Pierre Alcouffe, Adnen Ltaief, Abdelaziz
Bouazizi ................................................... 203
High Barrier Polyamide/Polyolefin/Organoclay Nanocomposites
Benoît Brulé*, Jean-Jacques Flat ........................... 270
Fire Retarded Insulating Sheets from Recycled Materials
Szabolcs Matkó, Sándor Keszei, István Csontos,
Péter Anna,György Marosi*, Miklós Zsuga, Jeno Borda,
Gábor Nagy ................................................. 217
Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of (Vinyl
Triethoxy Silane-grafted PP)/Silica Nanocomposites
S. Jain, J.G.P. Goossens*, M. van Duin ..................... 225
Nanocomposites from Untreated Clay : A Myth ?
Nicolas Fedullo, Michel Sclavons, Christian Bailly,
Jean-Marc Lefebvre, Jacques Devaux* ........................ 235
Influence of Morphology on PTC in Conducting Polypropylene-
Silver Composites
Gisèle Boiteux, Christophe Boullanger, Philippe Cassagnau,
Réne Fulchiron, Gérard Seytre .............................. 246
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