A versatile approach for the processing of polymer nanocomposites with self-assembled nanofibre templates

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 765-769

  Capadona, Jeffrey R ^a,b,c   Van Den Berg, Otto ^a   Capadona, Lynn A ^d   Schroeter, Michael ^a,e   Rowan, Stuart J ^a,b,c,f   Tyler, Dustin J ^b,c   Weder, Christoph ^a,b,f  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^d NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; NANOMETALS; NANOPARTICLES;

HOMOGENEOUS POLYMERS; IMMISCIBLE COMPONENTS; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SELECTIVE PERMEATION; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL EXPLOITATION; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

FILLED POLYMERS;

CELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFIBER; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; GELATION; HYDROLYSIS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; VIBRISSA;

EID: 36849065331     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.379     Document Type: Article

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