Nanocomposites of TiO2 and siloxane copolymers as environmentally safe flame-retardant materials

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 942-946

  Mosurkal, Ravi ^a   Samuelson, Lynne A ^a   Smith, Kenneth D ^b   Westmoreland, Phillip R ^b   Parmar, Virinder S ^c   Yan, Fadong ^d   Kumar, Jayant ^d   Watterson, Arthur C ^d  

^a DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmentally safe; Flame retardant; Heat release capacity; Microcalorimetry; PCFC; Polysiloxanes

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; PROTONIC CERAMIC FUEL CELLS (PCFC); SILICATES; SILICONES; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE; FLAME RETARDANT PROPERTIES; FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES; HEAT RELEASE CAPACITIES; MICRO-CALORIMETRY; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO2; THERMAL DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2);

TIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 53349102608     PISSN: 10601325     EISSN: 15205738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10601320802380208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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