A theoretical investigation of polymer-nanoparticles as miscibility improvers in all-polymer nanocomposites

Journal of Nano Research

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-114

  De Luzuriaga, Alaitz Ruiz ^a   Grande, Hans ^a   Pomposo, Jose A ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion Tecnologica En Electroquimica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Miscibility; Nanocomposites; Nanoparticles; Phase diagram

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLUBILITY; STYRENE;

BLEND COMPOSITION; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; NANOSCALE EFFECTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 74949096207     PISSN: 16625250     EISSN: 16619897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.2.105     Document Type: Article

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