Effects of bromination on the viscoelastic response of vinyl ester nanocomposites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 724-732

  Almagableh, A ^a   Mantena, P R ^a   Alostaz, A ^a   Liu, W ^b   Drzal, L T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromination; Nanocomposites; Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350352177     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2009.90     Document Type: Article

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