Boron nitride nanotubes/polystyrene composites

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2794-2800

  Zhi, Chunyi ^a   Bando, Yoshio ^a   Tang, Chengchun ^a   Honda, Susumu ^b   Kuwahara, Hiroaki ^b   Golberg, Dmitri ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TEIJIN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GLASS TRANSITION; OXIDATION; POLYSTYRENES; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; COMPOSITE FILMS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTIONS;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 33751411428     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0340     Document Type: Article

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