Preparation of polyamide 6/silica nanocomposites from silica surface initiated ring-opening anionic polymerization

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 433-442

  Yang, M ^a   Gao, Y ^a   He, J P ^a   Li, H M ^a  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Polyamides; Ring opening polymerization; Silicas; TEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949419909     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2007.61     Document Type: Article

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