In-situ synthesis and performance of titanium oxide/poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 814-819

  Bandugula, Uttam C ^a,b   Clayton, L M ^a   Harmon, J P ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture Toughness; Microhardness; Nanocomposites; PMMA; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

MICROTRIBOMETERS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; SPECTACULAR PROPERTIES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; MICROHARDNESS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOMATERIAL; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM;

EID: 24144493848     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2005.088     Document Type: Article

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