Reactive compatibilization as a proper tool to improve PA6 toughness

Enhancement of properties of PA6/PP nanocomposites via organic modification and compatibilization

Nanocomposites based on polyamide 6/polypropylene (PA6/PP = 70/30) blend containing organophilic montmorillonite (OMMT) and maleated polypropylene (PP-g-MA) as compatibilizer were prepared by melt compounding followed by injection molding. Modification of montmorillonite (MMT) with dodecyalmine was successfully performed. The morphological and mechanical properties of nanocomposites were invest...

Closing gaps: integrating food safety management systems into the veterinary curriculum, as a tool to improve food quality and trade

Imagery as a Tool to Improve Idea Development

This paper shows that use of mental imagery alone during conceptual designing can improve idea development compared to idea development via sketching. We analysed design protocols of six expert architects working on two different design problems on the same site under two different conditions, one in which they were blindfolded and one in which they were sketching. Architects developed design i...

crystallization behavior of pa6 in abs/pa6 blends prepared by in situ polymerization and compatibilization method

a new method was used to prepare abs/pa6 blends by in situ polymerization and compatibilization method. in this process, ε-caprolactam monomer was polymerized in presence of abs via activated anionic polymerization to produce pa6. the main ingredients of the reaction mixture included: monomer ()ε-caprolactam), catalyst na-caprolactamate), microactivator hdi)( and macro-activator sma)(. then, in...

Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Orthopedics: A Helpful Tool to Improve Patient Care

An enormous technological improvement in Ultrasonography devices has occurred during last decade, providing excellent soft-tissue contrast and high spatial resolution images. Nowadays, musculoskeletal ultrasonography is going to be a stethoscope in the hand of orthopedic surgeons for the diagnosis of many musculoskeletal pathologies, as well as an accurate guide for therapeutic interventions. T...