Film formation from TiO2-polystyrene latex composite: A fluorescence study

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-260

  Uǧur, Şaziye ^a   Sunay, Selin ^a   Tepehan, Fatma ^a   Pekcan, Önder ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISIK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Composite; Fluorescence; Interdiffusion; Latex; Void closure

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FILM PREPARATION; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS TRANSITION; INTERDIFFUSION (SOLIDS); LATEXES; POLYSTYRENES; PYRENE; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FILM FORMATION; STEADY STATE FLUORESCENCE (SSF);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 34547580279     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855407780340340     Document Type: Article

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