Functionalized graphene sheets for polymer nanocomposites

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 327-331

  Ramanathan, T ^a   Abdala, A A ^b,e   Stankovich, S ^c   Dikin, D A ^a   Herrera Alonso, M ^b   Piner, R D ^a,d   Adamson, D H ^b   Schniepp, H C ^b   Chen, X ^a   Ruoff, R S ^a,d   Nguyen, S T ^c   Aksay, I A ^b   Prud'Homme, R K ^b   Brinson, L C ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^e KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITES; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; NANOFILLER; POLYMER BASED COMPOSITE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER-PARTICLE INTERACTION; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

GRAPHENE;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYMER; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 44949199297     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.96     Document Type: Article

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