Overview of clay-based polymer nanocomposites (CPN)

CMS Workshop Lectures

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-32

  Xue, Siqi ^a   Pinnavaia, Thomas J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; COMPOSITE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; POLYMER;

EID: 56649102135     PISSN: 1521740X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1346/cms-wls-15.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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