Morphology, mechanical and thermal properties of graphene-reinforced poly(butylene succinate) nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Wang, Xin ^a   Yang, Hongyu ^a   Song, Lei ^a   Hu, Yuan ^a   Xing, Weiyi ^a   Lu, Hongdian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; B. Thermal properties; D. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA)

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); AFM; CRYSTALLINITIES; D. DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS (DMTA); DSC MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GRAPHITE OXIDE; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MATRIX; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE); PROCESSING METHOD; REMARKABLE IMPACT; SEM OBSERVATION; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS; XRD;

BUTENES; DISPERSIONS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 81455158333     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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