Composites get greener

Materials Today

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 22-29

  Netravali, Anil N ^a,b   Chabba, Shitij ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; RESINS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

POLYMERIC COMPOSITES;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 0041491503     PISSN: 13697021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-7021(03)00427-9     Document Type: Note

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