Highly transparent and multifunctional polymer nanohybrid film with superhigh ZnO content synthesized by a bulk polymerization method

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6753-6759

  Liu, Hai Tao ^a   Zeng, Xiao Fei ^a   Zhao, Hong ^a   Chen, Jian Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK POLYMERIZATION; FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; MULTIFUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYMER; N-BUTYL METHACRYLATE; NANO-HYBRID FILM; NANOHYBRIDS; SURFACE HARDNESS; UV-SHIELDING; VISIBLE LIGHT; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSPARENCY;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84861154271     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie300425v     Document Type: Article

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