Polymer nanocomposites reinforced with C60 fullerene: Effect of hydroxylation

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 2595-2601

  Saotome, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kokubo, Ken ^b   Shirakawa, Shogo ^b   Oshima, Takumi ^b   Hahn, H Thomas ^c  

^a AeroMod Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C60 fullerene; hydroxylation; mechanical properties; optical properties; polymer nanocomposite; thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION AT BREAK; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; HYDROXYLATED FULLERENES; INTERPHASE REGIONS; NANOFILLER; PARTIAL HYDROLYSIS; PARTICLE AGGLOMERATIONS; POLYCARBONATE MATRICES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PRISTINE FULLERENES; RIGID POLYMERS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

AGGLOMERATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILM PREPARATION; FULLERENES; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYDROXYLATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYCARBONATES; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 82955207748     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998311416682     Document Type: Article

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