Functionalization of carbon nanotubes with polystyrene

Macromolecules

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 9466-9471

  Hill, Darron E ^a   Lin, Yi ^a   Rao, Apparao M ^b   Allard, Lawrence F ^c   Sun, Ya Ping ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COPOLYMERS; ESTERIFICATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLUBILITY;

FUNCTIONALIZATION; WET-CASTING METHOD;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0037016087     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma020855r     Document Type: Article

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