Polymer grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes via facile in situ solution radical polymerisation

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 383-389

  Wu, Xueli ^a   Liu, Peng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Free radical addition; Graft polymerisation; In situ polymerisation

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL ADDITION; FUNCTIONALISATION; GRAFT POLYMERS; IN-SITU; POLYMER GRAFTED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; POLYMERISATION; PRE-TREATMENT; VINYL MONOMERS;

ANODIC OXIDATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREE RADICALS; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STYRENE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

FREE RADICAL; MONOMER; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 78149429982     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080903583956     Document Type: Article

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