TEMPO addition into pre-irradiated fluoropolymers and living-radical graft polymerization of styrene for preparation of polymer electrolyte membranes

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-478

  Sawada, Shin ichi ^a,b   Suzuki, Akihiro ^b   Terai, Takayuki ^b   Maekawa, Yasunari ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Living radical graft polymerization; Polymer electrolyte membrane; TEMPO

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC SOLVENTS; BASE POLYMERS; DEGREE OF GRAFTING; FLUORO-POLYMERS; FLUOROPOLYMER FILMS; GRAFT POLYMERIZATION; GRAFTED FILMS; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; PENETRATION BEHAVIOR; PERMEATION EXPERIMENTS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE;

ADDITION REACTIONS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROLYSIS; ETHERS; ETHYLENE; FILM PREPARATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; PHOTORESISTS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SOLVENTS; STYRENE; TERMITE PROOFING; XYLENE;

POLYMER FILMS;

2,2,6,6 TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDINYL 1 OXY; DIOXANE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; POLY(ETHYLENE CO TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE); POLYMER; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; STYRENE; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION EXCHANGE; LIVING RADICAL GRAFT POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SULFONATION;

EID: 74649087335     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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