Improved properties of chemically modified graphene/poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites via a facile in-situ bulk polymerization

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 847-858

  Yuan, X Y ^a   Zou, L L ^a   Liao, C C ^a   Dai, J W ^a  

^a CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene; Mechanical property; Nanocomposites; Poly(methyl methacrylate); Thermal property

Indexed keywords

BULK POLYMERIZATION; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; IN-SITU; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; LARGE SHIFTS; LONG ALKYL CHAINS; METHYL METHACRYLATES; NOVEL ROUTE; PMMA MATRICES; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES;

ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS;

EID: 84864813910     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.90     Document Type: Article

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