Studies on single polymer composites of poly(methyl methacrylate) reinforced with electrospun nanofibers with a focus on their dynamic mechanical properties

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 635-642

  Matabola, K P ^a,c   de Vries, A R ^b   Luyt, A S ^c   Kumar, R ^a  

^a CSIR Materials Science and Manufacturing   (South Africa)

^b Department of Science and Technology ^*  (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Nanomaterials; Poly(methyl methacrylate); Single polymer composites

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956331490     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.61     Document Type: Article

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