Poly(methyl methacrylate)-nanoribbon nanocomposites with high thermal stability and improvement in the glass-transition temperature

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3316-3323

  Ding, Yanyan ^a   Gui, Zhou ^a   Zhu, Jixin ^a   Wang, Zhengzhou ^a   Hu, Yuan ^a   Song, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER MATRIX; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

INORGANIC NANORIBBONS; MOBILITY RESTRICTION; NETWORK FORMATION; POLYMER CHAINS;

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

EID: 37549063913     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0427     Document Type: Article

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