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Cover Image, Volume 132, Issue 23
Publication year - 2015
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.42155
Subject(s) - high density polyethylene , cover (algebra) , nanocomposite , composite material , materials science , stiffness , titanate , mechanical engineering , computer science , polyethylene , engineering , ceramic
To meet the demands of new applications, it is required to improve the performance of high density polyethylene (HDPE) in terms of properties such as stiffness and rigidity by forming composites. Pashupati Pokharel, Hyunmin Bae, Jung‐gyu Lim, Kyoung Yong Lee, and Sunwoong Choi investigate the effect of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and titanate coupling agent on morphology and mechanical properties of HDPE nanocomposites. The cover shows a SEM image of the tensile failure surface of a GNP/HDPE composite with titanate, in which a typical ductile fracture with a considerable large plastic deformation into numerous fibrils was observed. (DOI: 10.1002/app.42073 )