Improvement in properties of epoxy-based electrophoretic coating by silica/polyurethane nanocomposites

Dramatic Improvements in Mechanical Prop

Dramatic Improvements in Mechanical Properties of Poly(L-lactide)/Silica Nanocomposites by Addition of Hyperbranched Poly(ester amide)

✍ Xin Wen; Ying Lin; Changyu Han; Lijing Han; Yuesheng Li; Lisong Dong 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 250 KB

## Abstract Biodegradable hyperbranched poly(ester amide) (HBP) was used as a compatibilizer to modify PLA/SiO~2~ nanocomposites for the first time. The ternary composites displayed dramatically improved mechanical properties including excellent toughness and fairly high stiffness. TEM images revea