Incorporation of hyperbranched supramolecules into nafion ionic domains via impregnation and in-situ photopolymerization

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2018-2038

  Nazir, Nadzrinahamin A ^a   Kyu, Thein ^a   Reinsel, Anna M ^b   Espe, Matthew ^b   Nosaka, Mami ^c   Kudo, Hiruto ^c   Nishikubo, Tadatomi ^c  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyperbranched polyester; Impregnation; Nafion; Proton conductivity

Indexed keywords

AC-IMPEDANCE; CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUPS; CARBOXYLIC GROUP; CELL MEASUREMENT; FT-IR STUDY; FTIR; HYPERBRANCHED; HYPERBRANCHED POLYESTER; IN-SITU; NAFION; NAFION MEMBRANE; PHOTOCURABLE; POLYMER MOLECULE; RELAXATION PEAK; SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; SULFONATE GROUPS; SUPRAMOLECULES;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DENDRIMERS; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; METHANOL; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY;

IMPREGNATION;

EID: 84655166445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3042018     Document Type: Article

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