Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)-Modified thermoplastic and thermosetting nanocomposites: A review

Polymers and Polymer Composites

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 483-500

  Zhao, Jianqing ^a   Fu, Yi ^a   Liu, Shumei ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); OLIGOMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMOSETS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; MOLECULAR GEOMETRIES; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; PROCESSING CONDITION; SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY; THERMOSET POLYMERS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 57749097057     PISSN: 09673911     EISSN: 14782391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096739110801600802     Document Type: Article

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