Cyanate ester resin/graphene nanocomposite: Curing dynamics and network formation

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1034-1041

  Wang, Xiao ^a   Jin, Jie ^a   Song, Mo ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curing dynamics; Cyanate ester resin; Graphene oxide; Nanocopomposites; Network formation

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC BEHAVIOR; CATALYTIC EFFECTS; CURING EFFICIENCY; CURING TEMPERATURE; CYANATE ESTER RESINS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GRAPHENE OXIDES; INITIAL STAGES; LOW LEVEL; LOW-TEMPERATURE CURING; NANOCOPOMPOSITES; NETWORK FORMATION; OH GROUP;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMICS; ESTERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESINS;

CURING;

EID: 84861195433     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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