Effect of polyhedral-oligomeric-sil-sesquioxanes on thermal and mechanical behavior of SC-15 epoxy

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 494-501

  Jones, I K ^a   Zhou, Y X ^a   Jeelani, S ^a   Mabry, J M ^b  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epoxy; Nanocomposite; POSS; Thermal and mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249148422     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2008.59     Document Type: Article

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