Mechanical properties of ceramic-polymer nanocomposites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-189

  Abraham, R ^a,f   Thomas, S P ^b   Kuryan, S ^c   Isac, J ^d   Varughese, K T ^e   Thomas, S ^f  

^a St Dominics College   (India)

^b HLL LIFECARE LIMITED   (India)

^c St Stephen's College Kerala   (India)

^d CMS COLLEGE   (India)

^e CENTRAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^f MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Mechanical properties; Modeling; Nanocomposites; Polystyrene

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049129810     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2009.23     Document Type: Article

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