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Blanco, L Cicala, G. Costa, M. Recca, A. (2006). Etevelopment of an epoxy system characterized by low water absorption and high thermomechanical performances. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.lOO, No.6, (June 2006), pp. 4880-4887, ISSN 0021-8995. 

In order to make biopolymers more attractive for commercial end-use applications, it is necessary to enhance the thermomechanical properties through the utilisation of nanocomposite technology. In the last decade, polymer nanocomposites have become a global research interest, due to the superior advances in polymer characteristics by the addition of nano-scale materials (preferably in the range 10-100 nm) into the polymer matrix [13]. Due to the nanoscopic dimensions and extreme aspect ratios of the nanofillers, this results in six interrelated characteristics, which defines the type of nanocomposite. These are (1) low-percolation threshold ( 0.1-2 vol%), (2) particle to particle correlation (orientation and position) arising... 

Guzatto R., Da Roza M. B., Denardin E. L. G., Samios D. (2009). Dynamical, morphological and mechanical properties of poly (ethylene terephthalate) deformed by plane strain compression. Polymer Testing, Vol. 28, pp. 24-29, ISSN 0142-9418 Karagiannidis P. G., Stergiou A. C., Karayannidis G. P. (2008). Study of crystallinity and thermomechanical analysis of annealed poly (ethylene terephthalate) films. European Polymer Journal, Vol. 44, pp. 1475-1486, ISSN 0014-3057 Keum J. K, Song H. H. (2005). Thermal deformations of oriented noncrystalline poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibers in the presence of mesophases structure. Polymer, 46, pp. 939-945, ISSN 0032-3861... 

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