%0 Journal Article %J Journal of Applied Polymer Science %D 2007 %T Novel hybrid of clay, cellulose, and thermoplastics. I. preparation and characterization of composites of ethylene-propylene copolymer %A Kumar, Annamalai Pratheep %A Singh, Raj Pal %K abrupt contraction %K Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian %K finite element %K simulations %X

{The present study is aimed to prepare hybrid materials by incorporating layered silicates and microcrystalline cellulose into thermoplastic polymer. Using ethylene-propylene (EP) copolymer as thermoplastic polymer matrix and maleated EP (MEP) copolymer as compatibilizer, three types of composites were prepared by (i) melt mixing of cellulose with thermoplastics [

%B Journal of Applied Polymer Science %I PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD %C THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND %V 104 %P 2672-2682 %8 MAY %G eng %N 4 %9 Article %3 Foreign %4 1.866 %R 10.1002/app.25659