Poly(2,5-benzoxazole)/carbon nanotube composites via in situ polymerization of 3-amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid hydrochloride in a mild poly(phosphoric acid)

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1603-1612

  Eo, Soo Mi ^a   Oh, Se Jin ^a   Tan, Loon Seng ^b   Baek, Jong Beom ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Multi walled carbon nanotube; Poly(2,5 benzoxazole); Single walled carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHLORINATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PURIFICATION; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

DEHYDROCHLORINATION; HYDROCHLORIDES; POLYPHOSPHORIC ACIDS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 44649155042     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.03.024     Document Type: Article

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