Morphological and mechanical characterization of a PMMA/CdS nanocomposite

Frontiers of Chemical Engineering in China

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 258-263

  Mathur, Vishal ^a   Dixit, Manasvi ^a   Rathore, K S ^a   Saxena, N S ^a   Sharma, K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Filler nanoparticles; Glass transition temperature; Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA); Polymer semiconducting nanocomposite; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053206961     PISSN: 16737369     EISSN: 16737474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11705-010-1014-7     Document Type: Article

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