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Cover Image, Volume 130, Issue 3
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.39086
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , volume (thermodynamics) , citation , image (mathematics) , computer science , polymer science , nanotechnology , materials science , artificial intelligence , physics , world wide web , mechanical engineering , engineering , quantum mechanics
The cover image shows a transmission electron micrograph of CaCO 3 nanoparticles derived from chicken eggshell using a combination of mechanochemical and sonochemical techniques by Tarig Hassan, Vijaya Rangari, and Shaik Jeelani on page 1442 . These highly crystalline and irregular platelets influence and increase the surface area of nanoparticles to ∼ 44 m 2 /g. This significant increase in the materials properties at low loadings of the nanofillers highlights the importance of this new class of bio‐based materials, particularly beneficial to the automotive sector where the continued need for material weight reduction must always be balanced with the consideration of structural requirements.