Polymer-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes through surface-initiated polymerization

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2138-2142

  Baskaran, D ^a   Mays, Jimmy W ^a,b   Bratcher, Matthew S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Copolymerization; Nanotubes; Polymers

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); POLYMERIZATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; STYRENE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT); SURFACE INITIATED POLYMERIZATION (SIP);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; COPOLYMER; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; COVALENT BOND; HYDROLYSIS; NANOTUBE;

EID: 3142654345     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200353329     Document Type: Article

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